Show To L Love ve Too Much Cleova Williams Contributing Writer A workshop entitled Women Men Who Love Too Much will be presented by Sharyn Paradise Director of the Single Parent Displaced Homemaker Project in the College Center on May 18 This informal discussion is open to any interested in in- It is one of the Th Thursday Brown Bag talks meaning everyone needs to bring his own lunch While explaining the title of her talk Paradise said that people often become addicted addicted addicted ad ad- to relationships where their partner is emotionally unavailable to them They stretch and manipulate themselves themselves themselves them them- selves beyond any reasonable point trying to fix a relationship relationship relationship relation relation- ship that cant can't be fixed and i trying to become acceptable to their partners These individuals become f trapped in a cycle of emotional emotional emotional emo emo- pain They feel unable to survive without the relationship There is an intense intense intense in in- tense fear of f abandonment within themselves Paradise went on to say that sometimes individuals who love too much will finally finally finally final final- ly get a divorce only to choose another partner with basically the same problems It is a pattern that can repeat itself drastically Usually the repeaters grew up in a family that didn't work well one where needs weren't met consistently As Asan Asan Asan an adult they become attached attached attached at at- to someone who is unable to help them sustain or fix the present relation relation- ship After discussing the problem problem problem lem Paradise hopes to talk about solutions and ways to break a cycle She will be pulling many of her ideas from a book by Robin Wood entitled Women Who Love Too Much This summer the Single Parent Displaced Homemaker Project will host a support group for their members who feel trapped in loving too much For further details Paradise invites individuals to contact the the Homemaker Project on an the second floor of the College Center |