Relationships
Part 2 - Different types of relationship

How do you view the world at large? How do you interpret it? How do you engage with it? This includes everybody and everything: the world, your country, your community, the media, and more besides.

How we see ourselves in relation to the world, how well we know ourselves in general, and whether we like and care for ourselves. It also includes how the different parts of us relate to each other, and how our thoughts, feelings and actions interact with one other.

This includes our notions of our families as a whole, as well as our ties with each individual member. It could include our ancestors, our extended family, our parents and grandparents, our siblings, and our children, and grandchildren. As well as blood relatives, it could include anyone who is connected through marriage and partnerships, or anyone we identify as “family”, and it includes people both living and dead.

Everything connected to friendships, however you define them – short-lived, long-lasting, solid or superficial.

These concern closer and more personal ties. In order for us to love another, we need to put ourselves in a vulnerable position, but some people may be unable to form intimate relationships through fear of getting hurt in some way.