How do you know if your relationship experiences “normal ups and downs” or is mired in abusive, toxic patterns? Determining the health of your most important relationships is the first step toward creating a happier life for yourself and those you surround yourself with.

Complete Beliefnet’s questionnaire (you can get to by clicking here) adapted with permission from “The Emotionally Destructive Relationship: Seeing It! Stopping It! Surviving It!” By Leslie Vernick (Harvest House Publishers, 2007).