Dating Seeking - Does Your relationship Need a Mental Health Day?

We've all needed a mental health day here and there, but has your relationship needed one and you didn't know it? What are some signs that you need to take a relationship mental health day? You're a single in the dating seeking world and you are currently involved in a steady relationship. Lately, you've been experiencing some signs of stress in the relationship but you can't quite get a handle on the causes and effects of the stress. Let's discuss the signs.

Either you or your partner are excessively irritable. You haven't had any fun together lately. You usually talk at least once or twice a day, if you won't be seeing each other that day, but the phone calls and text messages have ceased. You've been thinking about an ex and have even thought about calling this person, just to see how he or she is doing, of course; you intend no harm. You would rather hang out with your friends than spend time with your partner. Usually when you see your partner enter the room, you get excited, especially if you haven't seen him or her for a day or two, but now, you are ambivalent about it. You've even entertained the thought that maybe the relationship is getting stale and it's time to move on.

All of the above are classic signs that you need a relationship mental health day; you need a day to get a way from each other and evaluate the current state of your relationship. You need to be by yourselves and listen to your inner voice. Hopefully, after you take this mental health day, you will be refreshed and ready to embark on a new beginning in your relationship.

If your relationship needs a mental health day it's because somewhere along the way, the lines of communication got severed and then things slowly went downhill. A relationship does not go to pot in a day; it gradually crumbles piece by piece. One fundamental rule of relationships is that we work at them. Yes, you read that right…relationships take hard work. If you don't want to work at it, then you'll forever be wandering the dating seeking world and never be one to find a love.

Now you need to figure out why your communication lines got severed. Think back to the last time you both were happy together, enjoyed each other's company and couldn't wait to talk on the phone or spend time alone. Once you get that time frame settled in your mind, think about when those blissful moments faded. Could that be where the miscommunication happened? Did you have an argument and thought you made up but you never really got to the root of the problem and that soon festered into indifference towards each other?

Your next step is to formulate an action plan. Don't wait for your partner to make the first move. Take action and find each other at the end of your mental health day and discuss what you both had time to think about. Don't let the indifference fester any farther. Work things out before it's too late.