Emotional Entanglement in Our Intimate Relationships: How It Happens and How to Heal
Emotional entanglement is when two individuals’ emotional states, identities, or wounds become enmeshed to the point where boundaries blur or dissolve, one person’s emotions dictate the emotional experience of the other, there is a mutual (or one-sided) dependency on the emotional regulation, approval, or validation from the other, and autonomy feels threatening, and fusion feels “safe” (but stifling).
This is not emotional intimacy—it’s emotional enmeshment masquerading as connection.
In this episode we discuss emotional entanglement, their connection to limerence, love addiction, codependent relationships and enmeshment.
I’m Allison.
Writer, teacher, guide, podcast host, and founder of Create Love Freedom, an online space for women to reclaim their feminine, heal, transform, and come home to their feminine energy, feminine power, and feminine radiance.
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