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bislang finde ich das irgendwie langweilig und etwas anstrengend

“Being hurt by parenting adults rarely alters a child’s desire to love and be loved by them. Among grown-up’s who were wounded in childhood, the desire to be loved by uncaring parents persists, even when there is a clear acceptance of the reality that this love will never be forthcoming.”

“One of the myths about lovelessness is that it exists only among the poor and deprived. Yet lovelessness is not a function of poverty or material lack. In homes where material privileges abound, children suffer emotion neglect and abuse.”

(2) …”on some occasions, outright cruelty. At times I was unkind. It took me a long time to recognize that while I wanted to know love, I was afraid to be truly intimate. Many of us choose relationships of affection and care that will never become loving because they feel safer. The demands are not as intense as loving requires. The risk is not as great.”

(1) “I wanted to know love but I was afraid to surrender and trust another person. I was afraid to be intimate. By choosing men who were not interested in being loving, I was able to practice giving love, but always within an unfulfilling context. Naturally, my need to receive love was not met. I got what I was accustomed to getting - care and affection, usually mingled with a degree of unkindness, neglect, and”

“In fact, my long-term romantic relationships, like the bonds in my family, have been so full of care that it would be quite easy to overlook the ongoing emotional dysfunction.” - Huiuiui.

“…alles, was uns seit jeher selbstverständlich und notwendig erschien, damit es auszuhalten war unter den Menschen: eine gründliche Bildung, Zartheit, Ansprechbarkeit des Herzens, am Ende nannte man das Zivilisation. Am Ende, das war wichtig, musste es immer die Möglichkeit geben, mit einem Gag all die Mühsaal, Scheußlichkeiten und Unzulänglichkeiten der Welt von sich hinwegzunehmen.”