3 Signs of Relationship Dependency
It amazes me how quickly we can lose sight of our own interests, goals, and desires when a new relationship appears. It seems innocent enough — to prioritize the person you’re with — but the resulting loss of independence is not only detrimental to our well-being but detrimental to the relationship itself, too.
Despite the lofty consequences, as I’ll speak to in today’s article, we still do it.
And this isn’t entirely our fault. Familial patterns we observed as children and societal norms as to how relationships should operate may influence us into believing this is what we MUST do in relationships: To self-abandon and make the relationship our sole purpose.
But the fact of the matter is a satisfying life is filled with numerous sources of joy; each one of them serving a particular purpose. Eliminating the things that made our independent life so rich when we over-prioritize a new relationship only leaves us vulnerable to states of dependency.
And for anyone who has fallen into a state of dependence on a partner before, it’s not pretty — not long-term, anyway. Let’s look at why with these 3 major signs of relationship dependency.
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