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Anna Runkle

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
644 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

yeah, there's like certain artists who like, that's their specialty is how sad that you did that to me. And you know, it was true love. So I just was like, I'm not going to entertain this energy anymore. I'm going to stop.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

yeah, there's like certain artists who like, that's their specialty is how sad that you did that to me. And you know, it was true love. So I just was like, I'm not going to entertain this energy anymore. I'm going to stop.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

yeah, there's like certain artists who like, that's their specialty is how sad that you did that to me. And you know, it was true love. So I just was like, I'm not going to entertain this energy anymore. I'm going to stop.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

And, um, have you ever had a friend who was limerent and they just yammer on and on and they, you feel sometimes you can, you feel like you're like their, their conversational equivalent of a sex doll or something where they just want to talk about this other person. Yeah. And they're like, and then he did this thing and it was so funny.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

And, um, have you ever had a friend who was limerent and they just yammer on and on and they, you feel sometimes you can, you feel like you're like their, their conversational equivalent of a sex doll or something where they just want to talk about this other person. Yeah. And they're like, and then he did this thing and it was so funny.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

And, um, have you ever had a friend who was limerent and they just yammer on and on and they, you feel sometimes you can, you feel like you're like their, their conversational equivalent of a sex doll or something where they just want to talk about this other person. Yeah. And they're like, and then he did this thing and it was so funny.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

And then, you know, we went over to the snack bar and we got potato chips and it was so cute the way he ate them. And then he said, and then I said, and it's like you're using somebody else. You're trying to co-opt their attention so that you can feed yourself the dope. And so your friends should not put up with it. They should say, I don't want to hear about it.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

And then, you know, we went over to the snack bar and we got potato chips and it was so cute the way he ate them. And then he said, and then I said, and it's like you're using somebody else. You're trying to co-opt their attention so that you can feed yourself the dope. And so your friends should not put up with it. They should say, I don't want to hear about it.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

And then, you know, we went over to the snack bar and we got potato chips and it was so cute the way he ate them. And then he said, and then I said, and it's like you're using somebody else. You're trying to co-opt their attention so that you can feed yourself the dope. And so your friends should not put up with it. They should say, I don't want to hear about it.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

I know this is, you told me this is an unhealthy thing. I don't want to hear about it. This is like somebody just telling you how great drugs are, you know, or how great running in front of cars is. It's not great. I don't want to hear about it. It's disturbing, actually. And so we can be kind to people, but we need to stop.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

I know this is, you told me this is an unhealthy thing. I don't want to hear about it. This is like somebody just telling you how great drugs are, you know, or how great running in front of cars is. It's not great. I don't want to hear about it. It's disturbing, actually. And so we can be kind to people, but we need to stop.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

I know this is, you told me this is an unhealthy thing. I don't want to hear about it. This is like somebody just telling you how great drugs are, you know, or how great running in front of cars is. It's not great. I don't want to hear about it. It's disturbing, actually. And so we can be kind to people, but we need to stop.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

And I just think a lot of the solutions out there and the reason I always had to find my own way to heal from my own trauma wounds, including this one, it didn't help me. It didn't help me to do conventional things. I had to be a real stoic about it.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

And I just think a lot of the solutions out there and the reason I always had to find my own way to heal from my own trauma wounds, including this one, it didn't help me. It didn't help me to do conventional things. I had to be a real stoic about it.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

And I just think a lot of the solutions out there and the reason I always had to find my own way to heal from my own trauma wounds, including this one, it didn't help me. It didn't help me to do conventional things. I had to be a real stoic about it.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

And a woman came along, the woman who showed me the techniques that I teach and re-regulated that are like the thing that I've done for 30 years to keep moving. You can move your difficult thoughts and feelings out of your mind, get them on paper, and release them twice a day faithfully or more. Follow with a restful meditation and allow your mind to recompose.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

And a woman came along, the woman who showed me the techniques that I teach and re-regulated that are like the thing that I've done for 30 years to keep moving. You can move your difficult thoughts and feelings out of your mind, get them on paper, and release them twice a day faithfully or more. Follow with a restful meditation and allow your mind to recompose.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

And a woman came along, the woman who showed me the techniques that I teach and re-regulated that are like the thing that I've done for 30 years to keep moving. You can move your difficult thoughts and feelings out of your mind, get them on paper, and release them twice a day faithfully or more. Follow with a restful meditation and allow your mind to recompose.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

And if you're steady with this, you come back to present time. You come back to reality. And reality is great. Reality is the only place you ever get loved. It's the only place. So it's a beautiful place to come. And you got to get out of the dream.

Modern Wisdom
#935 - Crappy Childhood Fairy - Limerence Explained: Why Do We Get Addicted To People?

And if you're steady with this, you come back to present time. You come back to reality. And reality is great. Reality is the only place you ever get loved. It's the only place. So it's a beautiful place to come. And you got to get out of the dream.