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Sean Crampton - Books That Changed My Life: Keeping The Love You Find #3

5 Sept 2024 · 0 min

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A short interview excerpt from a YouTube conversation between Chris Collins and Sean Crampton. Sean describes childhood patterns of seeking love from female relatives (aunt, stepmom, grandmother), which he replicated in adulthood by dating multiple women to feel loved, safe, and chosen. He identifies codependent behaviors (difficulty taking space, obsessive worry) and expresses regret about wasted time.

When I was a kid, in order to get love, I had to look out to other women in my life, my aunt, my stepmom, my grandmother to try to get that love filled. It didn't work. So I carried that structure into adulthood and was dating multiple women to get that love and it didn't work.
So it was quantity.
Yeah.
And what was it that you were looking for from the women? What was the imbalance, I guess, and.
What you were looking for? I think to feel loved and safe and chosen, you know, it just. But it was the internal mechanisms. It was the way I responded. I was very codependent. It was hard for me to take space without thinking or feeling like my world was gonna end. Almost like obsessed, you know, And I'm like, gosh, what a waste of my precious life. You know, ultimately that's where I got to.