Examining Your Past Effectively Can Lead to a Better Present
I am currently reading The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz. It is a captivating book that looks at the interactions between a psychoanalyst and his patients…
Category: FREE FROM CODEPENDENCY
Re-parenting your Inner Child
We have seen clearly in my previous set of posts how an inner critic is formed from the defence mechanisms used by the wounded, criticised child and how these can be taken forward into adulthood…
Trying To Deal With A Narcissist? It Just Won’t Work
Anyone who identifies as codependent will also know that relationships are the “battle ground” where the dysfunction takes place. As codependency originated as a broken connection to caregivers, it is…
How Developmental Trauma Forms And The Impact It Has On A Child
Many of the issues we have in adulthood have a firm base in developmental trauma and how we develop as children has a huge bearing on how we see the…
Codependency: Give It Time Before A New Relationship
Many codependent people find it difficult to be alone. They live in the constant fantasy that they need to be with someone (anyone) to feel ok about themselves. It is in this fantasy that they can best play out their codependent symptoms of trying to fix others…
Codependency: Change The Template Of Your Life!
It’s never easy to carry the burden of your childhood, your somewhat dysfunctional connection to the imperfect people we grew up with, and finally come to the realization as an adult that it has affected our whole life…
Codependency: A Case Of Repetition Compulsion?
Codependents often exhibit a certain behavior in adult relationships, often moving from one to the next in a “copy and paste” scenario. Given the symptoms of codependency generally, these relationships…
With Narcissists, Action Always Speaks Louder Than Words
When we start a new relationship, we let a few things go that we might not later. We don’t always set boundaries or recognise so-called ‘red flags’. The adrenaline is…