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The Minimalists

Why Do We Stay in Unhappy Relationships?

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Home & Garden, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Leisure

4.711.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Joshua and Ryan discuss how to let go of toxic relationships that decrease our happiness with comedian Lisa Lampanelli. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/theminimalists

Transcript

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0:00.0

that minimists.

0:03.1

Why do we cling to unhappy relationships

0:05.4

and how do we let go of them?

0:07.2

I'm like the king of clinging to unhappy relationship.

0:10.3

I mean, not so much anymore,

0:12.1

but like back in the day,

0:13.3

I just like, there's a sense of security.

0:16.4

There's a sense of knowing the outcome.

0:19.5

So even though it's a pernicious relationship I would have,

0:22.0

at least I knew what was going to happen.

0:24.1

So there's all these like, you know,

0:25.6

you feel like you have a little bit of control

0:26.8

because you know the outcome.

0:28.5

You feel secure because you're not going to be throwing things

0:31.7

that you don't know of,

0:32.4

even if they're negative things that get thrown your way,

0:34.9

at least you know they're coming.

0:36.3

So I think that's a big piece of it.

0:37.5

And then there's that comfortable aspect to it, right?

0:39.9

Well, they always say the hell you know

0:41.3

is better than the heaven you don't.

0:42.7

Amen.

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