I Can Change Him/Her Syndrome: Don’t tie your worth to trying to control the uncontrollable

When people share their stories with me and a recurring theme emerges, I ask: If we look at this story a different way, why are you consistently attracted to and involved with partners who pretty much need to spontaneously combust into another person with a different set of values and habits in order to make you happy? Many people believe that if a person loves you, they will change and make you the exception to their rule of behaviour and when this doesn’t happen, they personalise it and blame their worth.
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