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Thea Euryphaessa
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Writer 📚 | Depth Psychology | Body | Sacred Feminine | Hero's Journey | Author of 'Running into Myself' and its follow-up, 'Growing into MySelf'
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Jungian, Daryl Sharp on neediness in relationships. From his book, 𝘎𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘶: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘖𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱.

Think of the difference between being in love and loving. When you're in love, you absolutely need the other person, you can't live without him-or her. That's okay to start off with, who can help it? It's only natural, in the sense Jung uses the term when he says, "It is the natural and given thing for unconscious contents to be projected"-but if it goes on like that, you kill the relationship. Need is not compatible with love. Need becomes the rationale for power over the other person, it leads to the contained one's fear of loss and the container's resentment. When you're self-contained you're free of all that. You have your own sacred space, your own temenos. You might invite someone in, but you're not driven to. And you also respect the other's freedom and privacy. There's an optimum distance in every relationship. It evolves through trial and error and good will-if you stop pushing for more than you get. Daryl Sharp, Getting to Know You: The Inside Out of Relationship
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I resonate with this - we're sold a Disneyland version of love, that it can and should be all-consuming When true love that lasts requires boundaries, a solid self, and self-love

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Thea Euryphaessa
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Writer 📚 | Depth Psychology | Body | Sacred Feminine | Hero's Journey | Author of 'Running into Myself' and its follow-up, 'Growing into MySelf'
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