The college years are when students develop their strongest and most meaningful relationships. It is very important however, for students to constantly evaluate whether the relationships they are in or developing are healthy or unhealthy. During college, some relationships you will make, break and/or sustain may include: peers, staff and faculty. Taking it a step further, these may be: same sex, opposite sex, same race/ethnicity, or different race/ethnicity.
Some of the differences between a healthy and unhealthy relationship include:
Healthy
- Mutually supportive and encouraging
- Positive "give-and-take"
- Similar interests, ideas and hobbies
- Forgiving
- Flexible
- Understanding
- Makes you feel good about yourself
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Unhealthy
- Physically, emotionally and/or sexually abusive
- Either constantly putting the other down
- Cause you or make you do things that you don't want to or know you shouldn't do
- Sabotages or damages your academic potential
- Makes you feel unsafe or insecure
- Makes you into something you aren't
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Ask your counselor or check your RMU Activities Calendar for workshop information.
For More Information,
Contact:
Diane C. Snyder, M.S.W.
Personal Counselor/Crisis Counselor
snyder@rmu.edu
412-397-5861 phone
412-397-2589 fax
Nicholson Center 2nd