By Zuko Komisa
There are a few things to think about before you decide that your relationship with your spouse needs to end because you are simply fatigued by them.
It’s completely understandable if you and your partner are starting to feel the effects of being tired of each other.
Even healthy couples can experience relationship burnout because it is a typical phenomenon.
Two people in a love connection gradually start to feel worn out, depressed, or pessimistic about their partner or relationship.
Along with the time spent together, many couples are dealing with issues like job loss, child care, and traumas, all of which would be difficult on their own.
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Point of View with Phemelo Motene spoke to marriage counsellors Magauta and Nhlanhla Zwane about how to navigate and manage relationship fatigue.
LISTEN TO THE FULL CONVERSATION HERE:
“You are no longer a willing participant“
“Unfortunately many people aren’t aware that they are going through a relationship burnout, all they know is that they have been in this rut for too long and that they don’t want to be there anymore.”
“Each and every person is feeling it in a different way and half the time they are not aware that whatever they are going through within this relationship has gotten them so exhausted that they are now not making the smartest decisions.”
“When you are going through a dry season”
“Sometimes people go through a dry season, drought for an extended period of time where people start losing hope.”
“Life may even be perfect, your job is fine, your spiritual life is intact, but there’s usually this one area in your life is just refusing to come to the party, and because this is happening to start falling into this area of depression because you don’ know how to do life outside of your plans.”
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