Do you care more about how someone else feels versus how you feel? Do you feel that whatever you do in life depends on the approval of the other person? If you said, “yes” then you could be codependent. To help understand the signs of someone who is codependent and what someone can do to ...
“Where there is an addict, there is usually a coaddict adding to the problem” is a truism that people struggling to help an addict need to realize before that addict will ever become better. Many people that are in a relationship with an addict have no idea that they have their own separate problem of ...
I have had obsessive-compulsive behavior sense my late teens. Usually people with OCD have compulsions that result from their feelings or obsessions. For instance, if one is obsessed with cleanliness, they may wash their hands many times a day in order to get some relief from their feelings of obsessions. In my case, I have ...
Back in Sept. 1991 I got a scholarship to go through a program for a week to deal with intense emotional dependency problems. For years I had been too clingy with some people or fluctuating between wanting my space to demanding their time. My sister had told me about a codependency residential treatment program in ...
A parent who is controlling their child’s actions and is constantly concerned with what their child is always doing could be considered a codependent parent. Codependent parents may view themselves as being caring and helpful. However their codependent behavior is damaging the overall well being of their child. To help understand what are some signs ...
In my piece, 4 Steps to Overcoming Codependent Relationships, I highlighted four steps (Let truth be your guide; Cut the cords; Stand your ground; and Take care of yourself). All four of these steps are important to moving forward after the devastating effects of codependency. However, I wanted to expand further on the fourth step, ...
Codependency can exist in one or both partners. A classic yet extreme example of mutual codependency is that of Shakespeare’s fictional characters “Romeo and Juliet.” These two lovers were so dependent upon one another that they felt they could not live without each other. While your teenager’s relationship will probably not end in tragedy or ...
Today I feel the urgency to tell my story of how being codependent has (and still is), adversely affecting my life both physically and emotionally. My motive for openly sharing this unattractive trait in my life in a public forum such as this is mainly self centered, ironically. I’m sharing because I know that it ...
I was born and raised in a Christian household, and consider myself to be a progressive, forward thinking man who believes in God, or a power greater than ourselves. I have also over the years formed my own opinion of organized religion and the well-meaning disciples of many a mega-church across the fruited plains. Likewise, ...
