Psychology Today | 14.07.2026 02:28
There is pain in all relationships. It might be a tiny amount of pain that manifests in small disagreements, it might be a large amount of pain that manifests in blow-out fights, and of course there is everything in between. Couples who seek therapy for help dealing with the conflict in their relationships, both in couples therapy and individual therapy, are constantly assessing the level of pain they are experiencing. This can be visualized as a Scale of Relationship Pain, measuring the pain of being in the relationship versus the pain of not.
