Read more about the article Accountability, Repair, Consistency: The Real Work After Conflict and Why Codependents and Narcissists Find This Difficult

Accountability, Repair, Consistency: The Real Work After Conflict and Why Codependents and Narcissists Find This Difficult

Conflict is not what damages relationships most. It is the failure to repair afterwards. This article explores the three essentials of healthy conflict repair, accountability, repair and consistency,  and explains why narcissists resist this process while codependents often over-function within it, hoping for change that never fully arrives.

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Read more about the article Therapy Shorts 72: Stop Calling It Chemistry: When “Urgent” Is Just Your Nervous System

Therapy Shorts 72: Stop Calling It Chemistry: When “Urgent” Is Just Your Nervous System

Codependency often turns urgency into “chemistry.” This article explains how the nervous system confuses inconsistency with attraction, why reassurance-seeking becomes compulsive, and how to slow the loop with practical delay rules, body regulation, and behaviour-based assessment so connection feels safe, steady, and real.

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