How to end your emotional dependency
Being emotionally dependent on your partner is dangerous. Learn how to overcome it before it undoes your relationship.
by: E.B. Johnson
When we allow our happiness to rely too much on another person, it can have some dangerous consequences for our peace of mind and wellbeing. Emotional dependence is a real challenge and a real difficulty to overcome. It takes a great deal of courage to tap into the strengths that help us get beyond our need for others, but it’s necessary in order for us to reach our true potential.
Having a certain amount of emotional dependency in our partners is normal, but when our happiness comes to rely on them, it becomes an unbalanced and unhealthy. It’s vital for our partners to offer support when it’s needed, but anything outside of that can be crippling.
Learning how stand on your own is painful, and it takes facing some uncomfortable truths and traumas that you might prefer to leave buried. Finding our presence and discovering the strength to stand on our own two feet is a beautiful thing, though, and something that’s required for finding our way to true happiness.
