I feel desperate for my partner's attention but then irritated and suffocated when they give it to me, and I cannot make sense of what I actually want.
More people experience this than they realize.
The psyche holds contradictory needs simultaneously - for connection and autonomy, safety and aliveness - creating internal chaos when both cannot be integrated.
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