Lily, from China, a psychotherapist and licensed counsellor with 4900+ hours of clinical counselling and a master's from Johns Hopkins University in clinical mental health counselling, lived in the US for 11 years. Experienced with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds and focuses on therapy, mentoring, and coaching, she pays extra attention to Asian Americans and international students in practice and research and has expertise in women's and teenagers' mental health and psychological and personal development. Using the humanistic approach, she believes the centrality of human values is our creative and active nature. She loves piano, guitar, staring at horses and meeting people like you!
Have you heard of the brilliant Gen Z word "sit...
Have you heard of the brilliant Gen Z word "situationship"? It's a term used to describe a relationship between two people that isn't defined. This means that there is a romantic involvement and probably some level of sex but no clearly definition of the relationship? Is it exclusive? Will it lead to exclusivity? Are they friends with benefits? The relationship status is simply unestablished. So what does that mean? Is it healthy? Most of us would agree that it isn't. In these cases, there's usually one person who's afraid to commit. In some cases, both are. Why? What does psychology have to say about it? Where do you stand and what does that say about you?_x000D_
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Commitment is a big step and a common relationship fear. Is it more common in males than females? Is it more common depending on the culture? The generation? The financial situation? The education level? Where does this fear stem from?_x000D_
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Can we answer those questions from a psychological point of view? We can! Lily is a practising psychotherapist who deals with the situationship issue and fear of commitment in many of her patients and has studied it extensively. What do you think about all of this? How is your relationship with the prospect of commitment? Are you all-in, hesitant, or does it scare you? And what does that say about you?_x000D_
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Let's have an intelligent and enlightening psychological discussion!_x000D_
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你是否听说过Z世代的流行词“暧昧关系”?它用来形容两个人之间的关系未被明确定义,意味着存在浪漫的情感和可能的性接触,但没有清晰的关系界定。这是一段专属关系吗?会不会发展成专属关系?还是只是“炮友”关系?这种关系状态没有确立。那么,这意味着什么?这种关系健康吗?大多数人会认为并不健康。在这种情况下,通常有一方害怕承诺,有时双方都如此。为什么会这样?心理学对此有什么解释?你个人的立场是什么?这说明了你什么?_x000D_
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承诺是关系中的一大步,也是普遍存在的恐惧。它在男性中比女性中更常见吗?它的发生频率是否与文化、世代、经济状况或教育水平有关?这种恐惧源于何处?_x000D_
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我们能从心理学的角度回答这些问题吗?当然可以!Lily是一名执业心理治疗师,处理过许多患者的暧昧关系问题和对承诺的恐惧,并对此有深入研究。你对此怎么看?你与承诺的关系如何?是全心投入、犹豫不决,还是感到害怕?这反映了你怎样的心理?_x000D_
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让我们进行一次富有启发性的心理学讨论吧!