17 SIGNS OF EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
1.Thinking about a person too much
- You can't function at your best in school,church,or other life priorities because this person is always on your mind.-Pg .97
- Your friend can't relate with anyone else without you getting possessive.-Pg. 98
- You take offense when your friend doesn't do what you expect them to do.-Pg. 98
- You must call,email,text,talk constantly and without restraint.This is very dangerous and unhealthy.-Pg. 98
- You loose touch with other good friendships because you are son consumed with one person.-Pg. 98
- You can't be with your friend in groups and still have a good time with the groups.-Pg. 98
- You start misreading each other or having expectations that don't get met.-Pg. 98
- This is always too soon in a teen relationship,and it always shows great immaturity when spoken too soon.Save this for the person to whom you'll be engaged.-Pg. 98
- It feels good,but needing to touch always means you are too emotionally involved.-Pg. 98
- You can't enjoy being with your family because another person has essentially replaced those relationships.-Pg. 98
- Your grumpy and hard to live with because your life is consumed with a boyfriend or girlfriend.This is your conscience troubling you because you are out of God's will.-pg. 99
- Long,emotional talks about "What's wrong" and trying to fix things become the norm.-Pg. 99
- You can't imagine moving forward if this person stopped liking you.He or she defines your life.-Pg. 99
- Your walk with God or attention span in church suffers because you are consumed with another person.-Pg. 99
- When you are at school,youth group,church,or any other function you must be with this person.-Pg. 99
- Someone other than God and your parents has your heart.-Pg. 99
- You're nearly clinically depressed or suicidal because of a "break up".-Pg. 99
- Emotions need one thing-restraint.-Pg. 100
- Reason must rule romance.-Pg. 100
- Your desires will be stronger than your ability to restrain them.-Pg. 101
- Ephesians 5:18
- You must ask your parents and other to help you to tell you when they see emotion getting too strong and put up boundaries to keep those emotions in check.-Pg. 101
- 3.Submit to the guidelines of your authorities
- Follow your parents guidelines.-Pg. 102
- Feelings can be forced to obey truth.-Pg. 102
- Proverbs 16:32;25:28
- Learning to control your emotions now will serve you well the rest of your life.-Pg. 103
- Just prepare and expect it.-Pg. 103
- When you find yourself in the middle of a friendship and the Holy Spirit starts to warn you that your emotions are getting too strong,there are three simple things you must do:
- Agree to keep the Lord first and to balance your time together.-Pg. 103
- Agree to be secure in your friendship and not possessive or manipulative of each other.-Pg. 104
- Have a life outside of one girl or one guy.When you are not together,don't be obsessed with each other.-pg. 104
- When the time comes that emotions have a stronghold on you,there's really only one thing to do-take a break.-Pg. 105
- Stop giving attention to this relationship.-Pg. 105
- When you invest young emotions into infatuation,it's like wasting nutrients that you need.-Pg. 106
- A right friendship will strengthen you,but unhealthy relationships drain you and make you weak.A wrong relationship cripples you and prevents the strong and fruitful adulthood that God intends for you.-Pg. 106
- The real problem with emotional attachment is that you're expecting somebody to be the strength of your heart-and that's God's territory.-Pg. 106
- Psalm 73:26
- Don't expect another person to be your stability.Look to God for strength,and let all emotions be governed by Him.-Pg. 107
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