A new study reveals how you respond to situations in your relationship can ultimately determine how well you bond with your partner. A psychologist at the University of Illinois found that individuals who were prone to anxiety or avoided intimacy were more likely to push the relationship into a direction that leaned negative. Specific situations can determine how a relationship will function over time and each will impact that next.

A lot of people suffer from anxiety and experience intimacy issues. Is this just the nature of couplehood? How to you know if your behaviors are sabotaging your relationship?