Post Tagged with: "Emotional Dependency"

/ January 9, 2011 7:40 pm

Emotional Dependency: A Threat To Close Friendships – by Lori Thorkelson

“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” – Proverbs 4:23 Throughout the years, we’ve realized that one of the most intense struggles people encounter is the problem of emotional dependency. Emotional dependency can range from a powerful romantic attachment to another person to a platonic friendship that has become too ingrown and possessive. Several [...]

/ January 3, 2009 11:41 pm

Poisonous Relationships: People we hang around with can kill our destiny – with Stephen Ernst

[This article is part of the 'Honor Parents, Value Soulmate' series. View some other parts of this series here.] Imagine eating at McDonalds everyday, dropping out of high school prematurely, jumping off a bridge on a worn-out bungee cord or sleeping in bed with scorpions at night. These things can be pretty dangerous, but one thing can be more detrimental [...]

/ December 25, 2008 11:02 am

[ex-Lesbian] Yvette: a Journey from Darkness into Light – by Annetta Small

“I saw myself on my hands and knees eating stale crumbs off a dirty floor because I could not stand up and see the feast that God had for me. God, please help me to stand up and leave these crumbs alone and enter into what you have for me,” I prayed one day after a six-year involvement in the [...]

/ December 20, 2008 10:28 pm

Emotional Dependency

For another very eye-opening article on Emotional Dependency, click here I met ‘Greg’ in high school through the drama team. He just came up to me one day and asked me to make him laugh, so I did. We were pretty much inseparable from then on.It was rare for me to find another guy with the same sense of humor, [...]

/ December 17, 2008 10:50 pm

“I can’t experience God” – How to start truly knowing God!

A Noodler said: “…I want to follow Jesus, I want to do whats right, i try to do my devotions but I can never seem to connect with Jesus any more I feel like I’m just talking to my self. he just seems so far away…” Wow, good question: That’s an awesome request and a lot of people ask questions [...]

/ December 2, 2008 12:26 am

I love my friend… by Yvette Schneider

I had a friend in high-school who was my first best-friend.  We spent all of our free time together.  For the first time in my life, I felt loved and accepted for who I was. This was an exciting time for me.  I grew close to this friend and to her family.  There were times soon after my parents’ divorce [...]