Stephen Chbosky said, in his classic book, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, that we “accept the love we think we deserve”. Few arguments could be more accurate. Indeed, many of us in unhappy relationships offer others pieces of our lives as well as our time and energy. This is because we simply assume that we can’t aspire to anything better. In fact, the fear of loneliness or almost unconscious inertia which leads us to drift into harmful relationships is extremely frequent. Moreover, among adolescents and young adults, increases in physical and psychological violence are frequently observed. It seems…
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