I’m Lovesick—And Now I know How to Handle It!
“Are you gonna be there? Are you sure you gonna call back? When I'm calling up and all that? Did you know that I'm sick? Did you think I would quit? Did you think I'll go home? Can't you hear I'm sick? I'm lovesick Can't you hear its bump? Like my heart is quick I'm lovesick Can't you hear its bump? All down Can we make it up? You don't know me You don't know anything I’m lovesick.” Lindstrom & Christobelle , Lovesick (2010) Codependent lovesickness emerges from a growing sense of neediness inside of us. The neediness is easy to understand. It’s about the ever-enlarging inner-hole in our souls. It’s about all of the love and approval that was withheld from us when we were children by our parents and other significant adults. And it’s about our perpetuating that emptiness by continually withholding love and approval from ourselves. We treat ourselves the same way our parents treated us. We do this bec...