RRS2EP2—Why Love Now Looks Like Self Abandonment

Описание: A lot of people call it love. But what they’re really practicing is self-abandonment.

In this episode, I unpack how staying too long, tolerating too much, and overriding your own needs get normalized as loyalty and maturity.
If you’ve ever felt drained in a relationship but convinced yourself that’s just what love requires, this conversation will resonate.

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Truth: self-abandonment rarely announces itself. It shows up as being “the bigger person.” As staying quiet to keep the peace. As tolerating things that don’t sit right because leaving feels harder than enduring. And over time, that starts to feel normal.

Here, we look at how endurance gets mistaken for devotion, why disrespect gets reframed as passion, and how longevity can sometimes hide erosion. Healthy love is real. Long relationships can be deeply meaningful. But length alone isn’t proof of health.

If you’re shrinking, overriding your needs, or constantly negotiating your boundaries just to keep something intact, that’s not devotion. That’s erosion.
Many people don’t even realize it’s happening. Real love does not require self-erasure.

When you learn to recognize love in real time, starting with how you treat yourself, the dynamic shifts. You stop waiting for a breaking point to validate what you already feel.

Clarity doesn’t make decisions easy.
But it does stop you from repeating what quietly hurts.

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