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Ways to Overcome a Co-dependent Relationship

Since co-dependent relationships are not healthy for you, why is it so hard to extricate yourself? Why is it so difficult to get out of a situation that is harmful to you? Well, we all hate change, even if that change may be for the better. And if you’ve been in a co-dependentrelationship your whole life, it is all you know. It’s what you’re comfortable with. You might believe that you are not worthy of a better relationship, so you’ll stay with a partner who devalues you. And you might fear being alone. It’s hard to go through a breakup when the result is that you’ll be on your own. But those are fears you must conquer if you want to stop sabotaging yourself with co-dependentrelationships. Break the co-dependency cycle. If you are in a co-dependent relationship, you may well have grown up in a household where one or more parent suffers from some kind of addictionor other disorder, such as narcissism. And your parents may have also grown up in a dysfunctional household. And on and on. ...

Can Toxic Shame Make you Feel Lonely?

While someone can be by themselves, it doesn't mean they will end up feeling lonely. This is similar how someone can be around others and still end up feeling as though they are by themselves. What this shows is that it can all depend on how one feels in their own company, and how they feel in the company of the people they are with. The ideal with be for one to be able to be by themselves and around others without feeling as though they are cut-off. An Important Need Human beings are interdependent, and this means that they need others. For instance, one's sense of self it not something that exits in isolation; it only exists through the mirroring that other people give them. If they no longer receive this external feedback, their sense of self would begin to disappear, and they would probably end up going mad. This doesn't mean that one needs to be around others all the time; it means that they will need to spend time with them. True Self But if one is unable to be themse...

Why we should Expect Our Friends To Accept Us If We Change

When one has a friend who they connect with, it is going to come down to the fact that they enjoy being in their company. This doesn’t mean that they are ‘perfect’, but they are going to be ‘perfect’ for them. If one was to take a closer look at why they enjoy being in their company, they may start to think about how they have certain things in common and they may have a similar outlook when it comes to different parts of their life. In this sense, what they have in common plays an important role in their friendship. However, this doesn’t mean that they always agree or that they enjoy doing the same things. So while there are likely to be differences; what they have in common will be part of what allows them to maintain the connection they have. Childhood Friends One may have maintained a close relationship to people they have known since their childhood years, and they may say that old friends are the best friends. As a result of this, not only will they have things in common and a si...