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4 Ways to Stop Self-Abandoning in Your Relationships

The path to self-abandonment in dating is slow but slippery. Not one action causes us to lose ourselves, but a culmination of sequences…

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Joe Gibson
Oct 04, 2022
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The path to self-abandonment in dating is slow but slippery. Not one action causes us to lose ourselves, but a culmination of sequences. Moreover, if you have self-abandoned once, it’s likely you’ve done so numerous times before.

It’s unnerving and uncomfortable to lose autonomy over your own emotions, and that is exactly …

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