Emotional Entanglement in Our Intimate Relationships: How It Happens and How to Heal

Create Love Create Freedom · Apr 27, 2023 · 1h 14m

Emotional entanglement is when two individuals’ emotional states, identities, or wounds become enmeshed to the point where boundaries blur or dissolve, one person’s emotions dictate the emotional experience of the other, there is a mutual (or one-sided) dependency on the emotional regulation, approval, or validation from the other, and autonomy feels threatening, and fusion feels “safe” (but stifling).

This is not emotional intimacy—it’s emotional enmeshment masquerading as connection.

In this episode we discuss emotional entanglement, their connection to limerence, love addiction…