Safe zone

Sometimes people get stuck in old patterns and it becomes their safe zone where they choose to stay the way they are. I feel that they choose to honor their emotions first and which causes them to make choices for the both them and their partner by telling themselves that the relationship won't work. I believe that this happens out of fear to communicate and to be vulnerable with their partners thus avoiding completely by make the choice for both. These individuals that retreat to this safe zone have to be willing to step out of their comfort zone, this behavior is something that requires a willingness to break. Granted that not all unhealthy behaviors can be broken by sheer “will” but may require a social worker to help navigate them out of this pattern. These patterns are destructive because this leaves the door open for others to swoop in and try to sway their partner from them.