34 Codependent ideas | bones funny, great quotes, funny quotes
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34 Codependent ideas | bones funny, great quotes, funny quotes
codependency, the term used to describe relationships in which one or both partners are focusing on the other’s needs in order to protect themselves from feeling their own pain and fear.
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amazon.comA very short definition of codependency is trying to control another person’s emotions and behaviors so we don’t have to experience our own painful feelings. If I can get you to stay close to me, I won’t have to feel the frightening abandonment that is lurking inside me (anxious person). If I can stay far enough away from you, I won’t have to exper
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