We need attention, approval and affection. If unavailable, we learn to make choices based upon the responses of others in hopes to get or to avoid things. We learned to please, to avoid disappointing and to settle for less than what we need. We might have learned that denying our needs demonstrates love and dedication. …
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What about possessiveness? What can a person do when captive to jealousy? Start within. Jealousy Intense jealousy is a form of anger about not feeling good enough. We make cruel comparisons and threats to ourselves. Feeling unworthy of love and lacking trust in self obliterates the possibility of loving or trusting someone else. We attract …
Anxiety is a distraction spurred by fear. It allows us to avoid facing who we really are. It is rooted in failure to accept what does not seem right or good in ourselves or in our lives. We reject ourselves first in anticipation of rejection by others. We self-criticize and sabotage possibilities through judgmental non-allowance. …
Our culture’s cruel directive to seek self-worth outside ourselves makes real self-evaluation a fearful prospect. We feel alone, isolated and depressed. Running from ourselves rather than making time to honestly reflect upon our thoughts and behaviors in order to choose how to act rather than react to life. We over-schedule, hiding our needs and inability …
It is part of our culture to fight what we do not want. I have learned that this constant struggle against what is wastes our precious energy. I am no martial artist, but do possess the rudimentary understanding of being aware to avoid blows. Feelings can be really uncomfortable and we might naturally take action …
Childhood Neglect Codependent behavior is generational. Parents that lack the experience of unconditional love are ill equipped to offer this to their offspring. Children that are not nurtured and cherished as individuals feel abandoned, hopeless and without value. Neglected children learn not to feel what they feel, that it is not OK to be who they …
