How wearisome to let one's existence become something absolutely dependent on someone else's feelings; to have no option but to feel, to love a little too, whether or not it is reciprocated.
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Exploring Emotional Dependence and Its Toll
This quote keenly captures the emotional exhaustion that arises from allowing our very being to hinge entirely on another's feelings. It underscores the vulnerability and weariness one experiences when love and emotional responses are not freely chosen, but rather compelled by the necessity imposed by another’s emotional state. The idea of feeling and loving 'whether or not it is reciprocated' points to a poignant imbalance—where...
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