What is real love? When you are no longer sure

Between films, social media, expectations and disappointments, unsure what love means to you? Questions to reflect on and who can help.

Love and relationships

Between films, social media, family expectations and your own disappointments, you no longer know what love really means to you.

How it can show up

Love in films and on social media seems to have nothing to do with your life.
After disappointments you hardly believe in real closeness any more.
Expectations from family and community cover up your own wishes.
You don't know what you are actually looking for in a relationship.

Questions for you

There are no right answers. Take the question that stays with you.

Which relationship around you do you see as good, and why?
What really matters to you in a partnership?
Which disappointment shapes your view of love most?
What do you need in order to trust again?

What coaching can do

This is not a question coaching can answer. If it is about your own values and wishes in relationships, reflecting on them can have a place in coaching.

When other help fits better

Conversations with people you trust, couples or life counselling or, if the disappointment runs deep, working with a psychotherapist can help more here.

If it is too much right now

Coaching is not psychotherapy and not a crisis service. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, contact the emergency services where you are right away, or a crisis service near you.