Counsellor/Therapist, addiction and mental Health , psychosocial intervention , anxiety and stress management
The main sign of codependency is consistently elevating the needs of others above your own. Other signs include controlling behaviors, self-sacrifice, and fear of rejection. But these aren’t the only ones. We help with emphasizing that the importance is to seak self love and self care above all and see self value.
I use the work of Melody Beattie and Codependent No More to support clients with healing Codependency. Trying to fix and change another person, rescuing them, enabling, and saccrificing our own self by focussing on another person in order to feel "ok" are some of the behaviours that we use when we are involved in Codependent relationships. Through education, self awareness, proccessing, and change, we can become free from these kinds of relationships.
Codependency can become a recurring pattern in a relationship, when you are dependent on your partner to meet your needs or when you begin to sacrifice your needs for your partner. It is time to set boundaries, prioritize your own needs, and refill your cup.