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Many people in therapy don’t always like it or agree when their therapist tells them (If they don’t, they should) that real self-love looks a lot like self-accountability. It’s not glamorous at all, it’s not Instagram worthy. It can be deeply unsettling and sometimes lonely. The “glamour” is just a way to avoid the pain of the work needed.
Many of us carry unresolved childhood events into adulthood, which might manifest as immediate jealously when a spouse receives a message from an ex or the idea that we are unsuitable for a new job.
Despite so many people identifying with the symptoms, there are still some who doubt its existence or hold derogatory views against anyone claiming to be codependent. This includes virtually all of the medical profession and indeed, some therapists.
Cozolino conveys a profound sense of optimism about the potential for transformation and healing through neuroplasticity.
Codependency isn’t a flaw—it’s a survival response wired deep in your nervous system. Based on Louis Cozolino’s neuroscience research, this post unpacks how early relationships shape your patterns—and how to finally rewire them for love that feels safe, mutual, and real. Healing is possible—and it starts within.
I wanted to send a clear message: That codependents aren’t sick. They don’t need pills or diagnosing. I wanted to make it very clear that recovery is very much in the hands of the codependent and that recovery starts and finishes with the codependent. Codependency is behavioural and learned from the environment we grew up in and it can be unlearnt. The only recovery from codependency is to find and maintain the individual within.
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing…
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