Why Codependents Stay With That “Special” Person
elationships are never as smooth as they could be and a major amount of hard work has to go in to keeping the ship afloat. If you read the many articles online about being in a relationship
Codependency: Emotional Manipulators – The Case For Locking The Door
I have seen many times a situation that is very frustrating for me as a therapist. Working with codependents, it is often advisable to ensure their recovery...
Lockdown Is Having A Huge Impact On Rates Of Domestic Violence
For many people under lockdown in different countries, it is an inconvenience to our normal lives but one that contributes to the "greater good". We all know that at some…
Codependents In Isolation: A Question Of Self-Care
The weekend has been tough so far. In our small town, new confirmed cases are being reported every day. There is a sense of surrealism...
Narcissists And “Magical Thinking”: An Avoidance Of Shame
Narcissists avoid shame at all costs. It is their nemesis or "kryptonite", if you want to see it that way. It's not clear where the roots of narcissism start but generally held opinions point...
Beware The Narcissist Grandparent
Some years ago, I wrote about the concept of the golden child in a family. Succinctly put, this is a child who is asked to maintain the self esteem of a narcissist parent...
Logic vs Emotion: Why Codependents Often Lose This Critical Battle
There will be many people who come across this post who are stuck. Stuck in life generally but specifically in relationships that are abusive, dysfunctional and with people who care…
A Childhood Guaranteed To Foster Codependency
It has been said that a large part of the global population is codependent on something or somebody. That something could be work, substances, alcohol...
Codependents: Letting Go And Relapsing
Codependents love to give. It is what they do, continually. As I have mentioned in previous posts, this giving comes with an element of return…
Codependency: How Hyper-Vigilance Turns To Victimhood In A Never-Ending Cycle
Codependents show and exhibit many common symptoms. One of these and one that I see often with clients is hyper-vigilance, not in the sense of physical threat but mostly to…
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