I've read your post a few times, and here's my question:
Do you consider this desire to be needed to be good or bad? Or more accurately, do you consider it constructive or destructive to your general well-being? Is it healthy or unhealthy?
I've been wrestling with this concept myself recently, not in terms of babies, but in general. I think that those who have a need to be needed can end up in some pretty unhealthy situations if left unchecked. So does that mean that needing to be needed is something that needs to be treated like a disorder?
I'm not calling anyone crazy, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't think the same way as you most of the time. I'm just curious as to how that desire has affected my life and the lives of those around me.
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Date: 2007-01-29 04:29 pm (UTC)Do you consider this desire to be needed to be good or bad? Or more accurately, do you consider it constructive or destructive to your general well-being? Is it healthy or unhealthy?
I've been wrestling with this concept myself recently, not in terms of babies, but in general. I think that those who have a need to be needed can end up in some pretty unhealthy situations if left unchecked. So does that mean that needing to be needed is something that needs to be treated like a disorder?
I'm not calling anyone crazy, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't think the same way as you most of the time. I'm just curious as to how that desire has affected my life and the lives of those around me.