Toxic Intimacy: How to break the shackles of thinking and find true love?

1. Have you ever been lost in love?

Have you ever felt exhausted in a relationship, but reluctant to let go? Have you ever tolerated, compromised, and wronged yourself countless times just to get a little care from the other person? Have you ever fallen into deep anxiety, constantly doubting whether the other person still loves you, or even doubting whether you are worthy of being loved?

If you've experienced these feelings, you may be in a toxic relationship.

We often think that love should be sweet, safe, and full of understanding. But in reality, many relationships are just the opposite - they are full of control, dependence, moral kidnapping, emotional manipulation, and even make people lose themselves. This distorted intimate relationship not only hurts our emotions in the end, but also unconsciously shapes our wrong perception of "love", making our thoughts more and more distorted, and even making us mistakenly believe that this is the norm of love.

But is this what true love should be like?

2. Why do we keep getting stuck in toxic relationships?

When we delve into painful intimate relationships, we can almost always find a common root cause:Original family.

Childhood experiences determine how we love and are loved. If you come from a controlling family, you may mistakenly believe that being controlled is being loved; if you grow up in an environment that lacks a sense of security, you may be extremely eager for attention, afraid of loneliness, and even willing to humble yourself to the dust for a little love.

Different growth environments shape different "love models":

• Some people like to be controlled, because when they were young, their parents always controlled them in the name of "for your own good", and they became accustomed to obedience and had no sense of boundaries.
• Some people like to be neededBecause their parents only give them love when they "behave well", which leads them to constantly please their parents as adults to prove their own worth.
• Some people like sweet talkBecause they have never felt real care in their family and they lack a sense of security inside.
• Some people like to ask for attention and loveBecause they have been afraid of being ignored since childhood, afraid that they are not good enough and not worthy of being loved.

These patterns are not "real love" but a projection of "ego". We look for what we are missing in intimate relationships and try to make up for the gaps in our childhood through our partners. But the reality is,External love can never fill the inner lackIf a person's heart is incomplete, no matter who he meets, he will feel dissatisfied, anxious and painful in the relationship.

So, what is true love?

3. What is true love?

True love is not a tool to fill the inner void, nor is it control, possession or manipulation, but to make each other's soul more complete.

**True love is selfless love. **It is not to satisfy one's own needs, but to make each other grow; it is not to cling to the other's giving, but to flow freely from the heart.

Love is not about taking, but about making each other better people.

• True love makes you feel free, not bound.
• True love will make you more complete, not more anxious.
• True love will teach you to be independent instead of making you dependent and weak.

Many people are repeatedly hurt in relationships and feel that they always meet the "wrong person", but in fact,We didn't meet the wrong person, but we loved with the wrong perceptionIf a person's thinking pattern does not change, then even if he changes partners countless times, he will still fall into the same painful cycle.

4. Breaking the Limit vs. Breaking the Bottom Line: Love Requires Wisdom

In intimate relationships, we often hear the saying "for love, you can do anything." However,True love requires wisdom. Love is not giving without principles, nor is it self-destruction..

We must learn to distinguish “Pushing the limits” and “Breaking the bottom line”:

• Pushing the limits, means challenging yourself, growing yourself, and making your personality more complete. For example, a person who is afraid of communication learns to express himself in love; a person who lacks a sense of security learns to trust in love. This is healthy growth and the sublimation of love.
• Breaking the bottom line, means self-destruction. For example, in order to keep the other person, you compromise and give up yourself, or even use extreme methods (such as threats, self-mutilation, and suicide) to prove your love. This is not love, but emotional manipulation and mental kidnapping.

**True love never needs to be proven by pain. **If you need to hurt yourself in exchange for the other person's love in a relationship, then this is no longer love, but a distortion of thought.

5. How to find true love?

If you are always hurt in relationships and don’t know how to break free from toxic emotional patterns, you can try the following:

✅ Be aware of your own emotional patterns——Are you habitually controlled, or habitually pleasing? Do you always feel anxious in a relationship, or do you long for the other person to pay attention to you all the time? Only by finding your emotional pattern can you change it.

✅ Healing the influence of family of origin- If you find that your emotional patterns stem from childhood experiences, then you need to face your past and heal those unmet emotional needs. Otherwise, you will always seek compensation in relationships but will never be truly satisfied.

✅ Establish a sense of boundaries——Love needs boundaries, and true love must be based on respect and boundaries. You must learn to say "no" and learn to protect your own energy instead of being swallowed up by the other person's needs.

✅ Live in the present and learn to love yourself——When you truly understand that love does not come from the outside world, but from inner awakening, you will no longer crave for others' recognition, nor will you fall into anxiety because of changes in the outside world. True love comes from inner abundance, not from external gifts.

The law of cause and effect in intimate relationships

The causal relationship is particularly evident in intimate relationships.

If a person tries to gain love in a distorted way, he will only end up with more pain. If you want to gain true love, you must first become a person who truly loves. Love is mutual. A soul full of love will naturally attract a partner who also has love. A person who indulges in control, manipulation and desire will only fall into a deeper cycle of reincarnation.

6. Conclusion: Love is a journey of awakening

Perhaps you have been hurt in an intimate relationship, perhaps you have been deceived by distorted thoughts, perhaps you have lost yourself in pain. But please believe -Love is not painful, but a process that makes you a better self.

Are you willing to start this awakening journey, let go of those toxic thought patterns, and truly feel, understand, and experience true love? Are you willing to awaken from the pain of the past and find your own happiness?

**True love is not about taking, but about the free flow of the heart. **When you truly discover the sacred, beautiful, pure and kind love in your heart, you will no longer need to seek recognition and attention through extreme means. You will no longer crave for the other person's compromise and concession. Your heart will be filled with endless joy, and your soul will glow with true light.

May you learn to discern true love, may you find true freedom, and may your soul be elevated in the light of love.

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