However, the codependent person is actually selfish here because they are putting their needs of acceptance ahead of the needs of the addictive person to heal. It is just like a wife that is married to an alcoholic and buys the alcoholic all the alcohol that they requested. By accommodating ...
Porn addiction is phenomenon of the brain marked by compulsive use of porn which proves difficult to stop despite negative consequences.
Is Your Relationship Codependent? And What Exactly Does That Mean?Savvy Psychologist Ellen Hendriksen
Being codependent is hardly the same as simply being dependent. And in some ways, it’s crucial that these two types of dependency be seen as distinct.
Hidden Truth About Codependent Relationships Difference between a Strong Ego, Weak Ego, and Big Ego What an Interdependent Relationship Looks Like How to Cultivate Presence Are You Feeding Narcissistic Supply? Self-Love is Key to Happiness and Codependency Recovery 1 2 3 4 … 7 ...
What is a Twin Flame? 21 Twin Flame Signs 7 Reasons Why the “Twin Flames” Idea Can Be Toxic and Disempowering, aka., Why I Abandoned the Notion 1. The notion that your twin flame completes you or is the “other half of your soul” is anxiety-provoking and disempowering ...
A painful and tangible loss of self. So how can we walk the tightrope of togetherness and separateness gracefully? After all, attachment to others isn’t wrong—it’s natural and necessary. But how much is too much? How can you tell if your relationship is codependent or interdependent?
A people-pleaser isn’t just big-hearted or kind to others. Nor are people-pleasers compromising. People-pleasing differs from accommodating someone though we rather not, because we value the relationship and know that compromise is necessary to sustain it. People-pleasers don’t have the luxury...
Most people function from their false,codependent self. It has kept them safe, starting in childhood, and for some people, in infancy. The goal of codependencyrecoveryis to uncover and embody our true,authentic self. At first, people are usually baffled wondering what that means and how to ...
Addiction is a disorder of this reward system, and since the reward system is all about learning, researchers have called addiction a kind of “pathological learning”. We learn to crave things in excess of what is healthy, to the point where we actually learn behaviors that are detrimental r...