Ultimately, too much dependency on a person can kill love. Relationships based on emotional insecurity and need, rather than on love, can become self-destructive. They don’t work. Too much need smothers love. It drives people away. It attracts the wrong kind of people. And our real needs don’t get met. Our real needs become greater, and so does our despair. We center our lives around this person, trying to protect our source of security and happiness. We forfeit our lives to do this. And we become angry at this person. We’re being controlled by them. We’re dependent on them. We ultimately
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