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Insecurities are fairly commonplace, but can have a significant impact on our relationships – and not in a good way! It can take its toll on our self-esteem, trust, and overall satisfaction; and overcoming these insecurities is crucial for building a healthy and fulfilling connection with your partner.
In this blog post, we’ll highlight some of the most common insecurities that can arise in relationships and share some tips on how to overcome them and build up your self-confidence.
By taking the necessary steps to boost your self-esteem, you can improve your own personal mental health and foster mutual relationship satisfaction.
Have you been feeling insecure in your relationship? Do you worry that it might be wearing your partner down? If so, read on and we’ll help guide you through it…
1. Recognize and Address Past Baggage
The first step is to recognize and address your past baggage. For example, if you have trust issues in your current relationship, even though—to your knowledge—your new partner hasn’t betrayed you, then it is likely baggage from a previous relationship.
You must reflect on these past experiences and try to identify any triggers or patterns of behaviour that may contribute to these insecurities.
Following that, you must communicate openly with your partner about these concerns so that they can understand and support you in overcoming them.
The point is: everybody deserves trust in a new relationship and you cannot let your past experiences ruin your chance at a healthy relationship in the future.
2. Prioritise Self-Care and Self-Improvement
If you want to start working on your self-confidence, then understand that it all begins with taking care of yourself, mentally, emotionally, and physically.
As such, you should start engaging in activities that make you feel good! For example, exercise regularly, engage in hobbies, and pursue personal goals.
When you invest in self-improvement, you’ll start to feel a sense of accomplishment and this is critical in bolstering your self-confidence, which will invariably carry over into your intimate relationship.
3. Open Communication and Vulnerability
Don’t bottle your insecurities up because you’ll never be able to work through them if you do. Not only that, but it’s unfair on your partner to keep these feelings from them – especially when it negatively impacts the way you interact with them in your relationship.
So, share these concerns with your partner and communicate openly and honestly. Talk about your needs, fears, and desires.
By being vulnerable you will be fostering an atmosphere of trust and understanding which can help strengthen your bond even further.
- Embrace Individuality and Appreciate Differences
“Comparison is the thief of joy”. In other words, the more you compare yourself to others, the more you’re going to feel insecure about yourself. Stop it.
Embrace who you are and what makes you unique and lean into those differences. Again, if you prioritize self-care and work on self-improvement, you’ll only start to feel better about yourself. Keep it up!
- Explore New Experiences Together
Another great way to overcome insecurities is to throw caution to the wind and try new experiences together!
For example, if your partner wants to introduce sex toys in the bedroom but you are worried that they only want to do so because they are unsatisfied – or that you are in some way inadequate – you must air these concerns.
Rather than flat out deny this new experience that will bring you both together in mutual pleasure, you should give your partner an opportunity to speak their case.
What you’ll discover is that you aren’t being replaced and that your partner isn’t unsatisfied; they’re likely just looking for new ways to spice things up in the bedroom and bring the person they love most in the world even greater pleasure!
Start small, introduce vibrators and lubrication for example, and see how intense those orgasms become; the extra serotonin and reduced cortisol levels will work wonders for your sense of self-worth!
Conclusion
You’ve got to take ownership of your past baggage and recognize that your new partner deserves trust and respect. You also have a duty of care to yourself to identify these issues and adopt the appropriate self-care routine in order to start building your self-esteem; your partner deserves the whole you!
And on a final note, you also need to judge yourself by the company you keep. If you love and admire your partner, then ask yourself: would they tell you they love you every single day and stay with you if they really thought so little of you? Trust in them and understand that you are deserving of love, admiration, and sexual desire.
