what does co-dependency mean?

Answer 1

You're bad for each other. You feed each other's bad habits. You stick together bc you know you couldn't get away with that crap with anyone else.

Answer 2

A person who enables or drives an addict to use their substance. Co-dependents need chaos in their lives, and they are attracted to alcoholics/addicts. The drama of this type of relationship makes them feel that they are in a more passionate relationship. They often are women that go for abusive alcoholics. Their fathers were usually physically abusive alcoholics.

Answer 3

Codepency originates from the abandonment of the genuine self with the intention to proceed to exist in a dysfunctional family members or social equipment. The genuine self is stored hidden so as that a feeling of mattering and esteem of connectedness to others is distorted. purely. maximum human beings think of that's approximately approximately being overly needy even yet it is likewise approximately being overly in dependant. Overly needy or anti relationship with human beings, there God or a drug like alcohol could be dysfunctional. awaiting too lots or too little from exterior of me. in many situations linked to undealt with early existence subject concerns. that's my have confidence that human beings could be co-dependant to issues different than human beings.

Answer 4

Main Entry: co·de·pen·den·cy
Pronunciation: -d&n-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cies
: a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological condition (as an addiction to alcohol or heroin)

Answer 5

It means that you are dependent on someone or something, regardless of the consequences..

Answer 6

It means to need someone or something to be able to live your live happily. dependence on any other person to be able to feel, think or act like yourself.

Answer 7

codependence
Codependence (or codependency) is a popular psychology concept popularized by Twelve-Step program advocates. A "codependent" is loosely defined as someone who exhibits too much, and often inappropriate, caring for persons who depend on him or her.


Symptoms
Symptoms of codependence are controlling behavior, distrust, perfectionism, avoidance of feelings, problems with intimacy, excessive caretaking, hypervigilance or physical illness related to stress. Codependence is often accompanied by depression, as the codependent person succumbs to feelings of frustration or sadness over his or her inability to improve the situation.

Codependence can also be a set of maladaptive, compulsive behaviors learned by family members in order to survive in a family which is experiencing great emotional pain and stress caused, for example, by a family member's alcoholism or other addiction, sexual or other abuse within the family, a family members' chronic illness, or forces external to the family, such as poverty.

Codependency advocates claim that a codependent may feel shame about, or try to change, his or her most private thoughts and feelings if they conflict with those of another person. An example would be a wife making excuses for her husband's excessive drinking and perhaps running interference for him by calling in sick for him when he is hung over. Such behaviors, which may well lessen conflict and ease tension within the family in the short term, are counterproductive in the long term, since, in this case, the wife is actually supporting ("enabling") the husband's drinking behavior. So, sometimes, the codependent is referred to as an "enabler." It is also worth noting that since the wife in this case is dependent on the husband's alcoholic behavior, she may actually feel disturbed, disoriented or threatened if she sees clearly that he is emerging from his dependence; the threat to her position as a confidante and needed loved one might lead her unconsciously to resist the husband's steps towards recovery. Similarly, a codependent parent might resist his or her child's steps toward independence.

Codependent people have a greater tendency to enter into relationships with people who are emotionally unavailable or needy. The codependent tries to control a relationship without directly identifying and addressing his or her own needs and desires. This invariably means that codependents set themselves up for continued unfulfillment. Codependents always feel that they are acting in another person's best interest, making it difficult for them to see the controlling nature of their own behavior.


Treatment
Individuals who are suffering from codependence may seek assistance through various verbal therapies, sometimes accompanied by chemical therapy for accompanying depression.

In addition, there exist support groups for codependency; some of these are Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA) and Al-Anon/Alateen, and Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACoA), which are based on the 12-Step model of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Many books have been written on the subject of codependence. Melody Beattie was one of the first to describe such behaviors. She is the author of Codependent No More among many other volumes.


Controversy
Not all mental health professionals agree about codependence or its standard methods of treatment. It is not listed in the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic manual. Stan Katz & Liu, in "The Codependency Conspiracy: How to Break the Recovery Habit and Take Charge of Your Life," feel that codependence is over-diagnosed, and that many people who could be helped with shorter-term treatments instead become dependent on long-term self-help programs.

Also worth noting, there is a belief by some that Codependency is not a negative, and doesn't need to be treated, as it is simply a personality trait.

Answer 8

Someone who exhibits too much, and often inappropriate, caring for persons whom depend on him/her.

Answer 9

when you depend on something and something depends on you