If you think you’ve found your twin flame, here’s a quick quiz to find out, plus some signs of a twin flame relationship to watch out for. Twin flame relationships are known to be both challenging and healing and even sometimes toxic. This is because a twin flame will show you your deepest insecurities, fears, and shadows—but also help you overcome them. In some cases, twin flames can help each other grow and heal together, but at other times, twin flames are not always meant to stay together forever and rather facilitate growth during that period in your lives. As licensed psychotherapist Babita Spinelli previously told mbg, the biggest thing to watch out for in a twin flame dynamic is toxicity and putting up with egregious behavior simply because you think this person is your twin flame. The “turbulent” reputation of twin flame relationships can also make it easy to mistake a toxic relationship as a twin flame one (ak a false twin flame), so that’s something to be mindful of. (We’ve also got a toxic relationship quiz to help you suss out whether this is the case.) “Twin flames are generally described as two individuals who very intensely connect, usually as romantic partners, because of a shared pain,” Spinelli explains, adding, “There is a misnomer that a twin flame completes you—in reality, relationships are meant to encourage you to be more complete in your own right.” From there, the relationship will likely take off quickly, and you’ll feel magnetic toward each other, sharing a deep, inexplicable bond that pushes you to be better, grow, and ultimately, heal. But it’s definitely not all smooth sailing. Personal transformation is, after all, not the easiest work—and this relationship may show you all your worst insecurities at center stage. If the two of you can get through the challenging portion of this dynamic, it is possible to be happy together in the end. Though often, there can be many breakups (and getting back together) in these relationships, and twin flames are not always meant to be together forever. The name of the game with twin flames is soul progression, so the main thing to look for is whether this relationship seems to be almost forcing growth out of you. Here are some more telltale signs of twin flames to watch out for:
