The Lengths We Go To Avoid Love
The idea of trying to avoid love sounds paradoxical in the extreme: why do we take active measures to sabotage love?
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“The idea of trying to avoid love sounds paradoxical in the extreme: why would anyone take steps to deny themselves an experience which seems so plainly positive and life enhancing? Plenty of people are denied love by external forces; why would anyone take active measures to sabotage love if it lay before them?”
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“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” - Rumi
Barrier is because of traumatic past experiences.
Alternatively, barriers could have been internally built against love simply due to one’s own outer perception of what they think love ought to be and not what it is.
@@AccidentlyHero I shared what happened with me. I had a traumatic past.
@@Cos7mos Your experience is valid… Something I’ve come to realize is that when we form these barriers against love, whether it stems from past personal experience via interpersonal neglect or abuse; we in turn begin to withhold from ourselves the capacity of becoming whole and feeling our own love coming out of ourselves for others. I hope this helps soothes whatever has caused your suffering.
@@AccidentlyHero That's so true it's really a painful phase but I'm patient. Tysm God Bless You 😇
“opening myself to someone is like handing over a bow and arrow and teaching them where it hurts the most”
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.... and trusting that they won't
then true love will be shown when we both have our arrow aimed directly to each other's hearts, yet both decide to not release the shot
You need to rewatch the video again 🙄
@@UnseenWhispers420you didn't understand what the person meant, maybe you're the one who needs to reread?
‘’Once in a lifetime, a person is extremely impulsive, but then he becomes cold towards everything forever.”
YES
jesus... i fear this is me as i used to be cheerful around a lot of people. but ive been hurt so many times by evil women.
@@PolishBehemoth Same here.
Because most of the time impulse leads to bad decisions. Like girl mocking you for approaching her 😅
Damn I remember the first time I have fallen in love, I remember I was ready to do anything for that person. After things didn't work out, I have fallen into a depression for at least 6 months and when I have managed to get out of that state, I didn't felt the same towards people and for the next experiences I have became much colder in bonding with someone. I think this happens to most of us...
We want love, but we don't wanna be vulnerable (and that's the paradox, because love and vulnerability go hand in hand).
The reason of the fear of vulnerability, is not having a good set of boundaries, or not having boundaries at all, which leads to an eventual hurt after time. And when they get hurt they push people away.
@@waelsaid8185 That might be part of it, but even if you set boundaries, those can still get crossed. That risk is just an inherent part of trying to connect with someone else (so the more risk averse you are, the harder it will be to make meaningful connnections).
@@waelsaid8185No. If you love someone and they love you some boundaries must be charmed away. Not all of them but lots of them which you set with ordinary people. And if you want closeness you have to be vulnerable. No vulnerablity, no real and close connection.
Am I the only one who had to keep going back 20 seconds cause I get lost in thought, drawing parallels from what I'm hearing 💀🤷🏽♂️ if yes, here's a hug for you 🫂
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And also a hug for you!
me too ;-;
Same yo
“Though we all crave love in theory, our capacity to accept it in practice depends on the quality of our early emotional experiences.”
Well said. No words can explain how important our Early Years are.
I'm still unsure in how I change. Both my parents were toxic
Being here seems like a good indicator that you are doing something right. i like to think that i am malleable regardless of the stage i am in my life. Change is the only constant thing. You sure will change, you gotta decide how you wanna change. I look back on my 23 yo self and think how much i've changed. @@Alfred-lr3td
im kms
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“We accept the love we think we deserve.” -Stephen Chbosky
I want love, I get love, I feel trapped, I push them away. It’s a cycle, I feel so horrible
I feel ya. "Attached" was a fantastic book that helped me understand my love cycle.
After awareness comes action. Time to be single for awhile, while you heal your attachment issues.
Me too 😔
i dont think i heard this. How does getting love make yiu feel trapped
@@PolishBehemoth ain't hEARd it unLess/untiL yoU say it aLoud !.
I'm cracking up at that character brushing his hair while been actually bald. 😂
You got the deepest message from the video among the rest.
It's terrible. Feeling the pain when someone comes close enough, that you either push them away or you yourself get away from them, never getting what we truly want.
It's happening with me I'm so fucked up 😭
I did this in my last relationship. I tried everything to get away from him but at the same time I didn’t wanna hurt him, so I stayed; until I somehow manipulated myself into falling out of love, and that was my excuse to leave him. I felt horrible during that time, and I felt even worse for feeling like that. I was so confused and ashamed. I’m still ashamed, but I’m not confused anymore. I hope having the knowledge you have now helps you in your journey towards true love. I believe in you dear stranger. 🫂🌹🤍
@@Cos7mos You’re not fucked up! You didn’t choose to react that way when given love, you learned it at some point; but you have the power to change that and NO ONE, not a single soul, can take that freedom away from you.
@@banglittlechan Thanks a lot Ma'am 🙏💗
@@Cos7mos No worries, I hope you can heal. 🤍🌹
The phobia towards love comes from the fear of rejection.
Or the fear to be used or abused. I agree. The thesis and 2:26 is wrong. Though the cause of the video and the channel is the support of bravery and that is positive. But you should never forget to listen to your gut feeling/intuition.
@@Ueshl7 this is also me
Uuuuuuffff….pffff. That. Explains a lot actually
Or fear of losing love Or fear of not being enough to deserve that love Or fear of love not being real Or fear of being replaced Or fear of being hurt emotionally Or fear of being physically abused again Or…ya get it?
We don't fear rejection. We don't fear what we know. We may expect rejection. The video says we fear a successful relationship because that is unknown.
39 years after, with lots of inner work and resilience, the narrative changes
Cool, so because I was ignored and left super alone as a child, I now must live my entire life alone, but more in a "I don't deserve love" preemption kinda way than self sabotage
Yep, that's us. Welcome to the club.
No. You don't have to. We're adults now so we can choose
U don’t have to. This vid was to explain to u what’s going on, it’s up to u to change that and break out of that cycle. Don’t b one of les miserables
@@thersten What this video describes is called "dismissive avoidant attachment". It's an attachment disorder, that is caused by neglect and/or abuse in early childhood, and we're talking about ages 0-2 here. A child's caregivers cause this before the child is even able to reliably go potty. It's not something that you can decide to leave behind due to your superior intellect. It's a result of actual brain damage at a time, when your baby brain was still in development: The amygdala region is damaged chemically, because it needs love and care to grow properly at that age. If you don't get those things, it fails to form in the way it's supposed to. You acquire an oxytocin shortage, meaning you will have low levels of the main human bonding hormone for the rest of your life. This has physical consequences, for example it can lead to numbness in parts of your body, that work as oxytocin triggers, like nipple$. A woman with low oxytocin can be able to feel something when she touches her own nipple$, but is shut down so severely towards others due to chemical brain damage, that she does not feel anything at all when someone else touches them, for example. This can be in a sexual context, but also affect nursing: She would not physically feel her own baby latching on. Breasts and specifically nipple$ are oxytocin trigger regions, which is why women in 16th century England went bare-breasted to some events (this included the queen) and it was customary for male guests to caress their breasts as a form of greeting. If a woman feels nothing at all when being touched there, that can be due to a lack of oxytocin, i.e. an inability to bond. And when a chemical imbalance in your brain has such severe cobsequences not only for your social life, but for your body's actual ability to feel skin contact, that's not some throwaway quirk, that can be taken care of by sheer willpower. Sadly the 3 forms of insecure attachment require an understanding partner, who is willing to put in some work and help heal the attachment disorder by being more reliable, nurturing and kind than those $hitty parents, that caused the problem. But it's almost impossible to find someone like that. That's why at some point dismissive avoidant people like me simply learn to accept, that we've been damaged when we were absolutely defenseless, and we're being left alone with the consequences and will never have a secure connection with a partner. It's not something we can repair on our own, because if we could, we would do that. After all we're masters of fixing our lives independently.
there is a,solution: hire an EMDR psychologist and listen "Complex PTSD from surviving to thriving " book. hope it helps. worked for me
As an emphatic person who has been belittled by many people i stay away from people who i think that can do harm to me, i love my isolation from the outside world.
There are many great people in the world you miss out on when you isolate yourself to avoid the bad ines. You should instead build confidence and self esteem and learn to stand up for yourself through the support of others.
@@SKILLz-se5rc ive tried but im done, i only gatther with people with the same liking as me.
There's a song about you, it's called "I am a Rock" by Simon and Garfunkel
@@luisgustavo6117 not a huge simón @ Garfunkel fan but will listen to It.
I'm 32, I've never been in a relationship, and I feel called out.
You described an avoidant is 6 min. As a fearful avoidant I feel seen. Thank you ❤❤❤
Same ❤
in case anyone is wondering, this video describes the "dismissive avoidant" attachment style.
A soldier guides a penguin across the desert to reunite the penguin with his true love, and along this treacherous journey, the penguin asks the soldier "Why do you risk your life guiding others to their hearts desire? Don't you wish you had someone waiting for you on the other side of the desert?" The soldier stops to think about it for a few seconds, but he just says no. Once they reach their destination, the penguin thanks the soldier and shares an observation. He tells the soldier, "You fight so bravely because you have nothing, and you actually want nothing because if you had something or someone to love, then you would have something to lose, and your heart would no longer be made of steel." The point of the story- You can spend a lifetime hiding from yourself what you really want most, what you truly need most. Love, love is what people need the most. Every thought pondered, every word spoken, and every action taken is done out of love, or a calling out for love.
Thank you! 👍
Thank You!
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Great story but now I wanna know how the penguin ended up in a desert in the first place lol
@@kalebrice3115 Yeah it's kind of a weird short story. It's from a TV show called Debris. Season 1 episode 9.
This is true. Imagine have to fight yourself to get the love you deserve and not to hurt the other people.
The 1st girl who said she loved me/had crush on me i still remember asking her "why?" Why do you love me? I was 16
an hug for you man
Do you ever regret losing her?
Wow, it’s like you read my diary, the turning to books, music and nature for companionship. And don’t trust anyone, that’s me.
Same.. But I recently made a change
Same I don’t trust anyone but myself and because of remote work I don’t have to interact with people if I don’t want to! So peaceful 😊
Me😊
@@thersten what ?
@@Cos7mos I make connections all the time now. I used to work in a laboratory but, now I work in marketing. I made good friends, I go out dancing, and have gym friends, and I'm more open with my family and open with everyone I meet. Being vulnerable is what helps us understand one another. I've been blown away by all the difficult things that others have struggled with. And I've felt more alive and connected than I've ever felt before.
"He's Scared, She's Scared: Understanding the Hidden Fears That Sabotage Your Relationships" is about passive vs active commitment-phobes. Read it ages ago, but it was very enlightening.
I am 26years old, and I have seen many good girls but couldn't talk to them. First problem I think I am too righteous that I don't wanna even hurt their soul even if they accepted. Moreover,bcz I struggle financially and focused on more of studying rather than anything. Now I am struggling to find a job as well and living terrible life. So I can't even buy myself a decent food how I am going to buy my future girlfriend even food. But I know from the bottom of my heart that world is full of good people whose deserve love and kindness!
You need to turn that studying into a job. I suspect you study too widely and a lot of things that might be related but you do not study any deep enough. Figure out what it'll take to get a job in one of the subjects you enjoy studying and focus on studying just that, you already enjoy it. Give yourself 6 moments. Understand that what you want is simple, a peaceful mind, an ability to speak to people without fear and to study things you like. Focus on just those for 3 - 6 months. And handle the rest of your life around that.
@@shiewhun1772 well, currently IT market struggling and it is very hard to get a job if you don't have experience. I am currently working as a freelancer to get a experience. After 6months I start applying to jobs with my experience
A woman, which is what you should be dating in your 20s (not a "girl"), that sees you for who you are and loves that doesn't care if you're poor because you are studying or looking for a job. I dated men in college who were poor students like myself. You can do all sorts of wonderful things with a partner that don't involve any or much money. Pick her some flowers instead of buying them. Ask her to go for a walk or a picnic in a park. Make a sweet card. Silly, sweet little things like that show care. If the woman you want to date is rejecting you because you are pursuing an education while diligently looking for a job and being sweet, kind and attentive to her then you probably don't want to date that person anyway. She has to bring something as well. Anyone who values things that cost money over intimacy, trust, humor, intelligence, wit, etc, is probably not the sort of person you want to be with anyway. Oh, just go watch @thespeechprof
I once read that you should not date someone until you have sorted out your life, that doesn’t mean that it should be like that in all cases, but self-love is also about sorting out our lives, if you meet the right girl along the way it will happen without forcing it, it all will follow suit. Focus on yourself first, I understand life can be chaotic sometimes, and it can bring us down to our knees, but always stand up and be better. Be safe, mate!
I don’t think all of this applies to me, but this video really hit close to home. Thank you.
These videos are great because even when they don't apply to us, they're a great way to learn how other people might feel and think. If we happen to get closer to people like that we might now be able to help them feel safer and more understood 💞
One needs a sense of perspective around love. Finding love changes a lot less than you think it does. Love won’t undo anything that happened to you. Whether you find love or not, you’re still you.
It’s been a while, love hearing Alan’s voice ❤
Is this narration Alan?
@@jh-nl8yfyes that's him.
“We are immensely scared that they might make us very happy.”… I thought happiness was an inside job and you shouldn’t depend on outside sources for your happiness? I am very independent and very happy, but I definitely see how my husband leaving, then my dad suddenly dying, then my mom dying got me pushing people away for fear of becoming dependent on them, then they leave. So… I’ve relied on myself and found my happiness independently. I wouldn’t mind sharing life with a like minded person but I’m worried that bringing in a partner could mess up my contentment.
I'm 💯 with you on this one. Have a fantastic life and I learnt to love myself. I have everything I need. It is an inside job, looking for someone to make you happy is dangerous and a waste of time
Sometimes I feel great to be alone and enjoy your my company, but sometimes that also make me feel stranded on this planet alone, to see everybody have someone to talk, to laugh, to sit and to live together. I guess we are just human after all, and we all need someone to love, to share, somebody who wait for us, somebody to stand on our side, through bad times and good times. Sometimes we find the wrong people that would just break us, making us stop trying, but I do believe that there are still people that cares about you and want to share a life with you. And at the end of the day, you want to come home to somebody who you share your life with, because life is already tough.
“What is grief if not love persevering”
You should be able to choose to be happy at any time but that doesn't mean external things can't make you happy. We just have to learn to be resilient when and if they don't.
Six minutes of learning what the avoidant attachment style is. As much as I understand this is a ad and funnel video I wish you would have tacked on there are steps to correct this and people can change their mindset and attachment style.
I'm 33 and my first and last relationship was almost 10 years ago. Every time I meet a new person there's always something not to my liking. Either the way they dress, the way their face is, the way they behave, there's always something. I've tried to "lower" my standards, but it just didn't work. So I've accepted that I may never find my ideal love partner. On one hand I feel sad, but I'm really independent and self-sufficient on the other hand. Life...
You can read about attachment theory.
What you judge in others is what you judge in yourself
@@playwithlight357 Very true, otherwise I wouldn't pay this much attention to it...
@@UlasMT goes both ways though - what you love in yourself, you love in others 🤍 focus on loving yourself and your wonderful uniqueness and watch how effortless it becomes to love others for the same reason ✨
@@playwithlight357 That's the thing, I'm really content with who I am as a person and what I look like, but for some reason, there's a disconnection when it comes to meeting potential love interests. I think this is a topic I will discuss with my therapist next week.
How can I thank The School of Life enough. I feel like I owe you everything. Thank you for the beautiful work
I feel like I can easier accept love from friends than in romantic relationships. Maybe, just maybe, it's not about you feeling "trapped", but more about this rather strange concept of a romantic, committed relationship? It's a nice rollercoaster of emotions falling in love with someone, and it's beautiful, but do accept love from everyone around you and not just this one person. Once the rush wears off, you'll have an easier time accepting them for what they are - a good friend.
Oh my myy i never ever in my lifetime felt this much understood 🥺 i mean you exactly described why my love for animals is dis much high nd yeah i do hv parental probs jus like you mentioned they weren't be available in your childhood, you you help me understand why i feel the way i feel and this isn't my fault this is nothing to do with me or other blaming for me someone else's actions, i mean thank youu ao muchh not any video has helped me understanding myself clearly as much as this one did even tho dis was jus 6 mins, again i jus wanna thank the creator of this vid❤
so relatable, I have never felt so identified with a YT vid. Self compassion is the key, being aware of this pattern and making an effort to go further.
Why is this so relatable right now and it's a perfect timing omg
Wow. This video literally explains it so well! It checked marked all of the things I do to sabotage a romantic relationship. Incredible.
so heartmelted,so true. but i still can’t imagine how to open my soul to the fullness of feelings,passion,frankness of a happy relationship that gives strength and inspiration,charging eachother with this amazing electrifying,tender,protective energy..after what happened to me: how wildly,painfully and harshly i was used. ..i want,but i can't,literally can't trust
Hurt people, hurt people.
I appreciate the sincerity in this video.
Thanks to the school of life, I believe that we move forward with courage and openness towards love, remembering that, at the end of the day, it is what truly makes us human and gives us a deeper purpose in this life.
I completely relate to this video. 🚶♀️
This is an EMENSLY POWERFUL story line of my life
Thanks Alan and The School of Life ❤
After many failed attempts, I’m beyond fear, and more so disheartened of being left alone Resentful and angry at myself for my personality that involves my high expectations I have of others that I hold for myself, as well as what I want out of the relationship, that ends up being selfish on my part, as well as my current situations in my life at said time that aren’t conducive for a stable relationship in the first place I’m just so tired of having to decide on what I need to focus on in order to get what I want, and it’s difficult to please all parties at once
Im so glad this golden voice is back.
Its not the care of beeing happy its the scare this person can hurt u more that anyone if u let em close enough to make u feel happy.
This channel seriously never disappoints❤thank you so much to all the people creating such helpful content
Not just myself but I grew up in a working class neighbourhood and guys from this type of background have opening themselves up not all but most do
Thank you for the content and lovely illustrations you bring in to help us getting in touch with our deep wounds.
Been rejected a billion times, now I reject love. Don't plan on changing anytime soon. I don't want anyone distracting me from my goals anymore, and I don't want to dedicate any more time to people who have never really wanted me
not a billion times tho
Oh. My. God. Right in the feels 😥
Wow This video appeared on my feed when I just received a message that someone I matched with at a singles event. I was feeling such terror and anxiety. Despite liking this girl I fear connecting due to fear of failure, lack of self-esteem and fear of change. I guess change is scary. Despite being unhappy with the status a lot of us cling to it because change is scary and risks the prospect of failure. However, change is inevitable. We will grow and eventually pass. What matters is if the change is active vs passive
Wow, a good topic. Quite many facts from the example resonated with me. I sort of want love and yet push people away. I'm aware about some inner fear deep inside of me that was burried because someone pushed me hard enough to feel worthless and unlovable years ago. I feel best in solitude and yet the sense of loneliness creeps sometimes as the years go by. My hope is to overcome this fear and open up to meeting new people. I need new friends first to get back to social life and meet people, who will accept me as I am.
You do a great job of putting my feelings into words
In the course of about 10 months now , I’ve gotten to know more intimately my partner. At our best moments there is loving tenderness and understanding of the other, and this I have come to greatly value in our relationship. But on the side , I saw how differences also created a distance between us . Except with this video I am beginning to understand better where it’s coming from …
This is me ❤ this made me cry 😢. I am dead inside . I have no idea how I am still alive at 52 after a life of hell but this is me . I wish I could change .❤ so please I found the school of life ! TY x
I think now I understand, what's going on, thank you The School of Life.
Wow beautiful! Thank you! ❤
Counterintuitive, yet compelling. Thought provoking. I associate such ideas with the idea of intimacy, not love.
Finally someone made a video DA’s will actually watch. Sweet.
I love this channel. Thank you for what you do.
Man... that hit hard!
Hi, School of Life. Could you manage a video on why some of us never seem to know "what we really want"? Many thanks.
I’d never been afraid to love until my last relationship. It’s been 7 years, I’ve healed a lot but I’m still terrified for the most part. It seems easier to self sabotage a lot of times.
“ I’ll ruin this before you ruin me”
Thank you. I could very much relate:)
you get badly hurt, you lose people or you walk away, you take time to grieve and evaluate, you pick yourself up again. if you repeat this cycle a few times without losing your resilience and willingness to work hard, to improve, to be compassionate with yourself and to not give up on love permanently, you will find the narrative shifts. be courageous.
This hits home. This video is made for me.
This video hit so close to home. I recently got into a fight with my boyfriend. He was trying to comfort me and love me while I was trying to push him away because I was scared of feeling abandoned and rejected. Seeing his face in pain hurt me because I don't want to lose him. Like in this video, I am so used to being isolated and alone. I just got used to being independent and escaping from books. I am still learning to open myself to love.
Me af girl keep trying
You too! you got this! @@visss2k
This channel taught me that when a person is "bad", they all have their shields up so high.
Thank you
Right on as usual.
School of life is so cool! Very informative and reflexive. I Like all the contents posted, thank you very much for the very great analysis on life subjects and this insights.
the algorithm got me in this one. personally surprised!
This hit close to home 😢
Same.
I knew someone like that. It's hard to empathize with someone and also be so mad at them. I'll learn to forgive him. ill try.
Amazing video!
I can't help but feel as if this video explains more of a woman's psyche when it comes to relationships. As a male, the reason I choose not to give romance a try these days is because I have an outlook tainted by past experiences, and I can't envision a successful long term romance because of that. Getting to that mindset was a gradual process, but I'm aware of why I do what I do. Along that same process, I've met many women that have sabotaged their relationship with me, or even others, and it is always a product of their own actions, as explained in this video. Talk to them about it, and they'll tell you a host of external reasons beyond their control, but the truth is that they simply don't want it to work. Maybe because they envision something better, maybe because they can't accept it
A shout for the visuals too!
It can be confusing when viewed from the other side (the one unwittingly sabotaged)...especially when saboteurs rarely let you know what was actually going on, leaving you to guess and speculate. That's the biggest cruelty of it all.
Yes, I'll be honest I've sabotaged many potential relationship(s) wherein I have actually wanted sustained relationships only to screw them up 😢😢
Most people aren't healthy enough for a romantic relationship. I mainly don't want to waste my time.
Agree
Do list the parameters for a bare minimum health(mental) to be enough for a romantic relationship, and watch the list with your every actions with your partner, and I'm sure you'll fail with some here and there, and it doesn't make you not eligible for a romantic relationship, it needs more than that is what I'm implying.
@@sriniarivalagan8523 I appreciate your question. To go more into detail. Too many people play games. Getting bored with a long and serious, loving relationship. Is bad too. People don't really talk in a straight forward way.
@@roykalager2360and you’d know about straightforward speech
If you are healthy enough there must be lots of person also healty enough. Why only you? After a bad relationship we feel like this but it's not true. It is impossible that the only healthy person is us in the world.
Thoughtful
Even though I will deny it every time it is brought up
This is my life right now. I am doing it right now, same thing I have done before. Gosh.
Holy crap, I actually learned something about myself from a freaking KZhead video!
All the negatives examples of parental figure I experienced, father violent, mother depressed. I am now 6 years in theraphy trying to find love experience (short or long term), but it seems impossible, I have an apartment, I do sports, I have a job that gives me a lot of free time, I try to socialise by meeting friends, but nothing works. I feel like therapy is not working anymore, it is true I am very independent, but I am concious of sabotage, I am concious of my desire to meet someone.
Don't give up, Pancho! You are doing so many good things to help yourself. Keep going, and someone special will cross your path when you least expect it!
This channel always stings. That's why I always come back.
Never experienced love and never will
Sad 😳☹️
Recently, I have felt that all videos are very similar. Reason of any problem is same i.e. connected to the early childhood. I would like to see and understand other kinda reasons.
Damn, that really hit home 😔
You should do one on the theory of self actualization and self realization. Now, I know believing you can do a thing (self efficacy) is the first step to being able to do it. Self-actualization is different than simply achieving our goals. It is trying to be our best selves. It is a very idealistic pursuit. Now, what if I am unable to accomplish this (perhaps most of us are unable to accomplish this), then this is where the concept of Self-Realization comes in. We realize our limits. We realize we are humans (literally less than gods). We didn't achieve our goals. Our ideals might have been too high. We might have had unrealistic expectations of ourselves. This is okay. We are still valid. We tried, we failed. We can move on and embrace the real, and embrace the real us.
This is scary accurate
Trying to love someone is the best way to teach yourself to stop doing that.
Fear of being manipulated is also another as some people genuinely do love their partner and want to grow with them but their are people with a different agenda who genuinely want you to have that illusion so they can proceed with their plans…murder is the extreme.
So deeply true,, but how to solve!!
Ok. So now i know why I'm like this. Then how to fix it???
Everything was very relatable except for the fear of happiness…honestly it’s the fear of long term relationship that eventually doesn’t work…the amount of time and years sacrificed for the person to do us dirty or leave unexpectedly (not death). That’s kinda what I feared most. Do want to feel happy be happy and be in happy relationship but the fear it didn’t work out with the many help, practice, training, and advice to make it grow was for nothing…
Because I am afraid that they will betray me in some way. I can’t trust anyone,… and I’m so tired of myself.
As tragic as it is I find some comfort in the comments knowing I’m not the only one suffering
Love is the greatest weakness