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It is important to learn how to love a partner without sacrificing the feeling of I. Here’s what you need to know.
Love is a vulnerable union of two souls, but that does not mean that you have to lose yourself in a different, blurring the border between who you are and who you think you need. Regardless of what you do consciously or unconsciously, be a chameleon is something to establish yourself in the form of a partner, repeating your interests, sympathies and dislikes, and your own personality is deserted.

Sometimes some adaptations here and there make sense, but completely forming your identity to fit into the world of your partner, can cause irreparable damage. Initially, you can pet yourself on the back for being easy and even getting compliments from a partner for what always understands. As a result, you close your eyes and pushes your own sympathies and does not like under the carpet. Over time, so much of your identity depends on your partner that you are losing self -awareness of who you really are.
Castur’s therapist went to Instagram on March 25 and shared some signs to keep track of whether you are chameleon in your relationship.
5 signs you chameleon in relationship
Casturs shared:
- You agree to your partner’s opinions, even if they don’t fully match yours.
- You take their hobbies and interests, but fight your own.
- You hold back by expressing your true thoughts out of fear of conflict or rejection.
- You will find yourself exhausted by trying to become their “perfect partner”.
- You see yourself with decisions when alone because you are used to postponing others.
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How to stop being chameleon?
The therapist also shared some active steps to help you leave behind your tendency to become a chameleon in the relationship:
- Connect to your own preferences: Start with a little- what is your favorite movie, food or music? Not that you have taken away from past partners, but what really care about you?
- Practice Disagree: Not bad to have different opinions. Start by saying small differences – “I really don’t like this show” or “I would better eat anymore.” Notice how you feel holding your own position.
- Spend time alone: Learn to enjoy your own company. If you don’t constantly reflect someone else, you will start seeing your true well -being.
- Ask yourself: “If I knew I was already sweet as I was, how I would have appeared in my relationship?”
- Being adaptive is not a disadvantage, but when it comes to your own identity, it’s time to move. The right relationship will never require you to shrink and change the form, it will celebrate you.
Based on the tips of the Castur, we can say that the relationship will start to feel suffocating if you suppress your personality. You may like, considering yourself very compatible with your partner, but you cannot restrain the inevitable feelings of emotional exhaustion. The relationship sooner or later begins to feel like a performance. In addition, any potential rupture leaves you scars and more damage because you lose the version you have built around your partner. Now that your partner is gone, your “I” crumble.
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