Spending a lot of time together isn’t enough to claim that you and your partner truly understand the importance of emotional intimacy. Here are seven must-haves in your relationship in order to achieve a new level of closeness.
Revealing your true emotions
Above everything else, you must be able to tell your partner how you feel. If you’re seeking an honest connection, you have to remember that your emotions are at the heart of true intimacy.
Being vocal about your fears
If you have doubts in your relationship, keeping them bottled up will cause you to close yourself off. You can’t achieve a real sense of closeness if you’re only willing to acknowledge the good and neglect the bad.
Having meaningful conversations
It’s important to engage in small talk in order to catch each other up at the end of the day, but if your relationship cannot be devoid of topics that scratch below the surface. You have to challenge one another to keep your relationship strong.
Trusting your partner with your secrets
When you have to get something off your chest, you have to feel comfortable involving your partner. You’ll know you’ve reached emotional intimacy when you can share the things that scare you the most.
Being honest about your past
If you can’t confront your past in your relationship, you won’t be able to grow. You have to own your mistakes and past relationships in order to give your partner the chance to accept all of you.
Sharing a sense of humor
A strong connection is about more than romantic exchanges, it’s about being yourself around your partner. Being able to laugh together will foster a sense of trust that stems from being friends and lovers.
Respecting the need for space
Intimacy is almost always linked to physical closeness, but it doesn’t have to be. True intimacy involves knowing your partner well enough to detect his need for some space, and this will only bring you two closer.
Sources:
https://www.bustle.com/p/what-does-emotional-intimacy-feel-like-in-a-relationship-7-ways-to-know-if-you-your-partner-are-connecting-3903913
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/margaret-paul-phd/what-really-creates-emoti_b_5521373.html
