Dear rideeta:

Relationships are this difficult for many. When strong emotional attachment is formed, it is powerful and difficult to undo. Think of the emotional attachment a young child forms for her mother, and how devastating it is for the child to be left alone by the mother, to feel abandoned, to even imagine being away from her mother.

The emotional attachments we form as adults, the romantic ones, especially, can feel as strong.

Do you remember yourself as a young child, feeling attached to your mother or father, or both, how strong it felt?

anita