4 Signs Your Relationship Needs Help

1. Lack of Intimacy or Sex

   Sex and intimacy do play a big part in an adult relationship. These two components keep both partners feeling close and connected to the other. When the sexual connection starts to fade, this problem can spread into other aspects of the relationship and eventually cause a break up.

2. Constant Arguing

   Everyone in a relationship will find themselves in arguments with their partner. It's completely normal and actually viewed as a healthy habit by most relationship professionals. When these arguments happen more frequently and the arguments themselves are more malicious than usual, is when you should become concerned. When two people who normally get along fine begin to squabble about the insignificant and the important issues much more than normal, it is a sign for concern.

3. Disconnected From One Another

   Every relationship goes through stages of closeness. Some days you and your partner feel connected more so than others. When one or both of you seem to pull away from each other for more than just a few days, it is a sign for concern. Something is going on between to the two of you that is causing each of you to withdraw from one another. While two people in a relationship are pulling away from one another, other aspects of the relationship, usually sex life, will also weaken. More often than not, disconnected partners are also more likely to cheat because the exclusive bond they shared seems lost.

4. Emotional Concerns

   This includes drinking, depression, and more. A very troubling sign in a relationship is when one of the partners begins drinking heavily, using drugs, or is depressed due to trivial relationship problems. Sometimes when faced with seemingly unsolvable relationship issues, no matter how small, one of the partners may turn to drugs or alcohol to silence their distress and anxiety. Others may withdraw and suffer from depression when feeling captive in a dysfunctional relationship. Usually either of these instances occur because the afflicted partner wants to be with and cares for the other but difficulties in the relationship burden them. This issue is probably the most important to solve because substance abuse or depression can follow an individual out of their current relationship and become a destructive staple in their lives.

Keep in mind, all relationships are unique and definable only by the people in them.