India, Feb. 10 -- Standing in the middle of Valentine's week, romance is on almost every mind. However, being with someone is rarely as effortless as mainstream movies make it out to be.

No relationship is a stranger to conflicts. It can arise for many reasons, and almost always takes patience and communication to resolve.

In many cases, when feelings are involved, it is common for one partner to feel their experience is not being validated by the other. However, trouble arises when the feeling intertwines with an imaginary narrative that plays within a person's head.

Taking to Instagram on January 19, Jeff Guenther, a licensed professional counsellor based in Portland, explained how couples can get in a fight over one trying to get th...