What's the health of your relationship? If you are feeling emotionally disconnected and/or unhappy with yourself, then I can guarantee your relationship isn't connected or happy either. For a relationship to thrive beyond boundryful and functional communication, both partners need to be balanced, self-fulfilled, and happy with themselves individually first. Leaning and relying on your partner to sustain you and/or "make" you happy is a sure fire way to destroy long-term viability within your relationship. Your happiness, contentment, fulfillment, and growth are up to you and you alone. You walk with a partner and grow with a partner, but should not live through or at the hand of one.
Your partner is your partner... not your crutch. They're there to support you when your strength fails, not replace your strength. Support is encouraging you to be and do your best when you're exhausted, beaten, and on the verge of giving up. Not your excuse for giving up. And the exchange goes in both directions. If you haven't had to dig deep, sacrifice, and perform a herculean task for your partner lately, when they've gone 12 rounds with life and have no strength left at the moment; you just might be the parasite in the relationship.
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