The Fourth Pillar of Healthy RelationshipssteemCreated with Sketch.

in dating •  5 years ago 

Pillar 4: Knowing and Understanding Our Needs and Desires: learning the distinction between needs and wants, we may feel shame just for feeling desire for something outside of our control, caused by a parent ignoring or overindulging the child

  • Needs: food, shelter, education, medical attention, affection

  • Desires: entertainment, wealth, possessions

  • Dependent: know needs and desires, but expect others to take care of them

  • Antidependent: recognize that one has needs and desires, but would rather go without them being satisfied than be vulnerable and ask for help

  • Desireless and needless: not aware of survival needs and desires that cause happiness

  • Confusing needs and desires: an individual who confuses the two, they may overindulge one to compensate for the other

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