Most people pay lip service to falling in love. They want the pleasure - who wouldn't? But they don't believe it exists. Well it won't for them. Everyone has a sad tale to tale - even if it is they have never loved and enjoy nights in doing macrame and stroking their cat.
The thing that confuses me the most are the people who believe they love an individual who treats them badly. Here are some examples:
1. Being cheated on. Does anyone seriously think that is acceptable?
2. Violence.
3. Verbal abuse.
4. Contempt.
This is behaviour directly aimed at you - we are not even considering personal habits, idiosyncrasies, personality defects or other such potential deal breakers.
List the behaviour you tolerate or ignore. Tis indeed shaming which is why so many explain it away with "true love". Of course it is not love that binds you to such a creature it is fear. Fear of what? Maybe even fear of the thought of being on your own. At this stage you won't even like yourself. How could you when you allow another to treat you with a lack of respect?
So if you think you are unworthy then you are not going to risk venturing into the big, bad world and coming across a new soul as you will assume all will treat you with the disdain you deserve.
What about this thought - Men do not like to finish with women, it goes against their protective instinct so instead they behave in such a way to encourage the woman to finish with them. This can happen on an increasing scale and the frustration for both parties is that a lot of women simply choose to become more and more of a doormat. The woman is in a state of disbelief - why is he behaving like this - he used to be soo loving, she then resorts to futile hope and has an imaginary relationship in her head. With her and the original or remodelled beau. When he stops cheating everything will be fine. No it won't. It is never going to happen.
You cannot break free from an abusive, damaging, boring, washed up, dead relationship until you work on yourself.
There are lots of tools. Cynics can reject but the first step is to change your behaviour. How?
Change your words. Change your thoughts.. Change your beliefs. Change your behaviour. Change your life.
Positive affirmations work with repetition.
Here are a couple to try 100 times a day every day.
I can do anything I set my mind to.
I am beautiful.
Here's another good idea:
10 squats and 10 lunges twice a day - but that is the subject of another post...
If you need help with any of this call me...