Mitja

“A definitive symptom of childhood trauma is trying to get a difficult person to be good to us.”
― Ingrid Clayton, Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves—and How to Find Our Way Back

“There is a connection between freedom and self-confidence: When you are kept from expressing your deepest needs and wishes, you lose trust in their validity and in your own judgement. You survive by finding out the rules and following them, thus hiding what you really want. You make it your purpose in life to please others rather than to affirm yourself.”
― David Richo, How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving

“I appreciate the ways others love me, no matter how limited. I am letting go of expecting - or demanding - that they love me exactly as I want them to. At the same time, I can always ask for the kind of love that I long for.”
― David Richo, How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving

“Closure happens right after you accept that letting go and moving on is more important than projecting a fantasy of how the situation could have been. —SYLVESTER MCNUTT III”
― John Kim, Single On Purpose: Prioritizing Self-Love and Personal Growth in Your Journey Through Life, Dating, and Relationships