Do you ever feel neglected and used when your efforts aren't acknowledged?
You try your best to fix other people's problems with everything you have, whether it's your time, money, or resources, because you've been doing it your whole life, and you're used to it.
You hardly say no to helping people because if you do, you feel incredibly guilty, and you don't want to "lose their love." You're always coming to the rescue, and you sacrifice yourself over and over again.
If this sounds like you, then you may just be codependent.
Codependency is the "need to be needed." It's needing other people to need you.
Being needed and valued by your loved ones is essential and healthy, but here's when it can become a problem:
When it drives most of your decisions, behaviors, and you're only comfortable in relationships where you feel like the person can't live without you, this is where things start to become unhealthy.
If you're someone who:
then Andrei Nedelcu can help you.
Something many people don't know is that being codependent is not your fault.
The first step to healing and making healthy changes is having insight and understanding and then using this knowledge to take constructive action.
In Codependent No More, here is just a fraction of what you will discover:
And much more.
There's a big difference between liking, enjoying, and feeling good when you're needed, but requiring it is a major red flag.
Even if you feel uncomfortable or scared to face the issues codependency brings, the key is to start somewhere. In Codependent No More, you will be given specific and practical techniques to help you gradually overcome the problems you're facing.
Your happiness and personal needs are just as important as everyone else's — take care of them!
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