When is one considered 'codependent' and how might his/her codependency impact relationships?
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Codependency is a way of caring about others to one's own detriment. It's not easy to be in a relationship with a codependent person because that person tends to get walked all over and is not 'real'. Try reading some Melodie Beattie. She is the queen of recovery from Codependency.
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Codependent people have a greater tendency to enter into relationships with people who are emotionally unavailable or needy. The codependent tries to control a relationship without directly identifying and addressing his or her own needs and desires.
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Co-dependency is when you take on responsibility for someone else's life in order to make it better for them. I did this with my drug dependent son, until about 10 years ago when I plunged into such deep depression that I am still on medication and finally realized that he really didn't give a damn about what was happening around him so long as his lifestyle wasn't effected. So I stopped going to counselling with him, supporting him at his various court appearances (mainly traffic offences), working with various rehab centres to try to straighten him out (he'd go for a holiday until he felt better then just walk away) etc. I regained control of my own life, but I doubt my son ever will. He is 37 now and still doing the same stuff.
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I found this site to be a great source of information on codependency. It actually helped me realize that I was mildly codependent. :( (that was a tough realization for me) http://www.drirene.com/coinfor.htm
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They would be to needy and expect there partner to do everything for them - And that can cause trouble in any relationship + 5 --- Good Question
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