CODEPENDENCY BEHAVIOR: WHAT IS A CODEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP, CO-DEPENDENT PARENT, CODEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP, CODEPENDENT DEVOTIONAL, CODEPENDENT SPOUSE, CODEPENDENCY WORKBOOK, CODEPENDENCY AND ANXIETY.

by Steven Lewis

Co-dependency is an emotional condition that exhibits largely as one’s behavioral incapability to adjust their relationship with people in healthy, mutually beneficial ways. A codependent partner can be described as having a relationship with addiction. They work hard to keep relationships that are too demanding of them mentally, emotionally, and even physically –the relationships could eventually be abusive and destructive on them.The codependent essentially martyrs herself to her partner, and though her intentions are often good, she is also engaging in self-destructive behavior in which she puts everyone else’s wellbeing in front of her own. She does not think about herself in any context and identifies herself with the relationship entirely without seeing any real differentiation. The codependent wants to keep their irresponsive unconcerned partner, whose attention is actually distracted by or focused on other things outside their partnership. The indifferent partner who is the real cause of concern in the home is addicted to alcohol, drugs, work, food, relationship, gambling or sex, and there will manifest physical, emotional and sexual abuse, pronounced or mild, and an unusual mental state that is chronic or persistent physical illness which could be taken for reason for need of help and rescue.The codependent gets used to doing all the work all the while single-handedly and does not realize a problem exists. So, they do not ever get to talk about or confront the problems. They never perceive them as such or lack the audacity to confront their issues. Emotions are suppressed and needs are disregarded – forcing them to lead a life of survival. They normalize behaviors of denial, negligence, and even intense emotional avoidance, and become detached - never talking or touching or confronting or feeling or trusting each other anymore. Their identity and emotional involvement stop.This book to Stop Codependency Codependency Addiction RecoveryWhat Are the Signs of A Codependent Person?What Is A Codependent Relationship?What Is Codependency and Its Symptoms The codependent partner sacrifices their own needs and exerts their energies on their addicted or ill partner. Draining as this practice may be, they strive at it to the extent of ignoring their own needs, desires, and self. The codependent ends up with low self-esteem and tries to soothe their emotions with external things to feel better. It is utterly hard to be yourself when you are codependent. And if one is not careful, they may also end up in addictions for consolation or release of stress.While their intentions for their partners may be good – trying to take care of their ailing partner – but the task keeps becoming enormous and more draining. The actions of mercy tend to enforce or justify the mannerisms of the dependent member, and they feel okay to stay needy without trying to improve themselves. Codependency is not a healthy or functional relationship, and if you are codependent, your life will be far happier and healthier if you figure out how to end your codependency once and for all.Buy this book now to learn more about Codependency and discover ways on how to recover from it!

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Published July 11, 2021

About the author

Through a life formed, informed and forever reformed by seven children (and now sixteen grandchildren), Steve Lewis writes affectionately and passionately about our shared experiences on this earth.

From Zen and the Art of Fatherhood to Fear and Loathing of Boca Raton he has taken us on a narrative tour of every sunny nook and darkened cranny in the family home—and is now wandering through the yard, beyond the tree line, deep in the woods.

Steve is a former Mentor at Empire State College, a current member of the Writing Institute faculty at Sarah Lawrence College, a Contributing Writer at TalkingWriting.com, Editor/Literary Ombudsman at WritersReadOnline.com, and El Jefe of the annual Hatteras Island Writers' Retreats at Duckdog Cottage, Rodanthe, North Carolina.