Saturday, April 4, 2009

Protective behaviour

"How long have you known him compared to knowing me?" Mr Sembawang queried. "Why can't you confide in me?"

Two people in love spend time talking to each other. With a partner who accepts and cares about us, buried feelings can surface. They are willing to "come out," ie, not hide behind their protections and issues can be discussed fairly easily.

For most of us, the pain we feel is preferable to the pain we fear. People stay in unhappy, often miserable marriages to avoid loneliness or to keep from having to make new decisions. Some continue to drink rather than face what they would have to face.

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