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Emotional outburst in the podcast“Whoa, I’m crying!” Georgina Stumpf suddenly begins to cry
She didn't see that coming herself!
In the middle of a conversation about toxic relationship patterns and self-doubt, it becomes too much for Georgina Stumpf. When she reads a text about emotional dependency, the words fail her. Suddenly the tears start rolling down.
Georgina Stumpf talks about emotional dependency
“All I can say is that I often thought it was love. But in the end it was hope.” Charlotte Würdig hits a nerve with this sentence in her podcast “The Real Ex-Wives”. Together with Georgina Stumpf she talks about the lies that people often tell themselves in relationships. A topic that obviously affects the 36-year-old deeply.
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“At some point it will get better. It's always like that, that's my top one lie that I told myself,” Georgina says openly. You convince yourself that difficult phases will pass and everything will turn out well. “This endless hope that this will all change. That everything will get better.”
In the conversation, Georgina describes how boundaries in relationships can gradually become blurred. At the beginning you can see a lot of things clearly, but later things become more complicated. “Then you sit there and can’t leave,” is how she describes the situation of many people who are stuck in unhealthy relationships. Often you hold on to something that is no longer good for you. “You think it’s love because it’s this familiar thing.”
For Georgina, there is often something different behind it. “Then it's not love, but rather this dependence. Because you are dependent on this feeling.”
Charlotte Würdig agrees and refers to the findings of psychologists. People would often rather stay in a painful situation than take the step into the unknown.
A text she read upsets Georgina
Things get particularly emotional when Georgina reads a text by the digital creator Abulinsky. It's about the fear of not being important enough, self-doubt and making yourself smaller for the attention of other people.
The text describes how those affected are constantly looking for explanations when there is no news. At some point it's no longer about the other person, but about your own fears and the question of whether you are even lovable.
As Georgina reads the lines aloud, her voice suddenly falters: “Wow, I have to cry. Terrible.” Charlotte Würdig reacts immediately and hands her a tissue.
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“Love that requires you to make yourself smaller is not a love”
Despite the tears, Georgina continues reading. One thought in particular seems to strike her deeply. “Love that requires you to strategically make yourself smaller is not love. It is an old pattern with a new coat of paint,” the text says.
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She finishes the passage in tears and a little later explains, surprised, why the words struck her so much this time. “I've read the text before. And I didn't shed a tear. But now that I've read it out loud and consciously. That's crazy.”
For Georgina, this is proof of how important it can be to express your feelings and thoughts. Charlotte Würdig sees it similarly and says: “I think if I had read it out, it wouldn’t have turned out any differently.”
Sources used: The Real Ex Wives
