One-sided relationship psychology

Some things are better one-sided: An ice cream cone you don’t want to share, your high school diary, and a game of solitaire—for example.

But a healthy relationship? That’s a two-sided situation. Unfortunately, when you’re stuck in a one-sided relationship, it’s easy to fool yourself into thinking that what you’re experiencing is normal—when it could actually be toxic, or even loveless, says Jill P.

Weber Ph.D. clinical psychologist and author of Having Sex, Wanting Intimacy: Why Women Settle for One-Sided Relationships. So how do you know if you’re giving more than you’re getting?

How to fix one-sided relationship

We asked the experts to share some tell-tale signs.

You’re constantly second-guessing yourself.

Am I pretty enough? Smart enough?

Funny enough? Weber says that if you find that you’re repeatedly asking yourself whether you live up to your partner’s expectations, it’s possible that your relationship is one-sided. “You are focusing your attention and energy more on being liked than on truly being known and nurtured,” she says.

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