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Feeling Inadequate

Inadequacy, rather than being shameful, can be a healthy emotion in romantic relationships when it motivates partners to care more for each other.
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Inadequacy, rather than being shameful, can be a healthy emotion in romantic relationships when it motivates partners to care more for each other. “Like parenting, adult relationships require considerable on the job training. To make them work, we must tolerate feeling inadequate long enough for it to motivate behavior meant to improve, appreciate, connect, or protect.”

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