Are you being needy in relationships?

Being accused of being needy can feel so shameful that we often desperately try to hide it and then people in our lives feel it indirectly.

In Part 1 we discuss what the experience of being needy is like and how it develops.

Our need for connection as adults is associated with a need for attention as children. Neglect creates associations of negative beliefs about self that are associated with not having attention and a lack of satisfaction.

Neediness part 2 discusses ways of changing our neediness.