Needing and being needed is a primary human need- the emotionally indifferent, self sufficient character is very often characteristic of an alienated sociopath. But this needing is part of the whole that makes for emotional well being; it cannot be the only source of our emotional sustenance. This distortion results in the emotionally dependent woman whom we all know as the clinger. And of course this distortion is not restricted to women alone. It is true that we love the elders in the family, ...
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