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Understanding Codependency Symptoms

Codependency is a dysfunctional behavioral pattern characterized by excessive emotional and social dependence on others, often arising from relationships with addicts or toxic environments. Symptoms include difficulty in relationships, feelings of inadequacy, and a lack of self-identity, leading to a pathological condition. Recovery is possible through psychotherapy and self-help groups, focusing on personal care and self-recovery.

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Understanding Codependency Symptoms

Codependency is a dysfunctional behavioral pattern characterized by excessive emotional and social dependence on others, often arising from relationships with addicts or toxic environments. Symptoms include difficulty in relationships, feelings of inadequacy, and a lack of self-identity, leading to a pathological condition. Recovery is possible through psychotherapy and self-help groups, focusing on personal care and self-recovery.

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Codependence.

Dr. Norma Elena Sugrañes


Alfaro.
Definition of Codependency

• Codependency is defined as the cycle of


behavior patterns and thoughts
dysfunctional, that produce pain, and that
they repeat compulsively, like
response to a sick and alienating relationship,
with an active addict or in a situation of
relational toxicity.
Codependency

• It can be defined as a
disease, whose characteristic
the main issue is the lack of identity
own.
• Codependency is a condition
specific that is characterized by a
concern and a dependence
excessive (emotional, social, and sometimes
physics), of a person, place, or object.
Eventually, depending so much on another
person becomes a condition
pathological condition that affects the codependent in
your relationships with all the others
people.
Who develops
Codependence?

• Codependence can occur in


any person who is in contact
with another person's addiction, whether it is
a relative, friend, partner, couple or
client suffering from addiction.
Who develops
Codependence?

• There are also other disorders of


behavior and diseases that can
generate codependency, such as the
schizophrenia, violence, abuse and the
neurosis.
• Every person exposed to these disorders,
it can develop codependency.
Who develops
Codependency?

• Many times someone who has developed


codependency due to growing up in an environment
addictive dysfunctional, does not manifest great
symptoms until you get married or form a
couple relationship. On the other hand, with a lot of
regularly the daughters of addicts end up
marrying other addicts, even without
this should be a conscious decision.
If their parents do not
fill their heart, no
they give affection, more
this afternoon they will look for the

happiness where not


is
• People tend to
to relate to their partners
in adulthood in ways
similar to how
they learned to relate
with his parents during his
childhood.
What are the symptoms of the
Codependency?

Difficulty in establishing and maintaining relationships


healthy intimacy
Emotional freezing
3. Perfectionism
4. Obsessive need to control the behavior of others
5. Compulsive behaviors
6. Feeling overly responsible for the behaviors of
others
What are the symptoms of the
Codependency?

7. Deep feelings of inadequacy


8. Toxic shame
Negative self-image
10. Dependence on external approval
Chronic head and back pain
12. Chronic gastritis and diarrhea
13. Depression
Codependency
• The codependent loses the connection
with what it feels, needs, and wants.
He/She believes in his/her worth as a person.
depends on the opinion of others.
A false self is created, as in reality
is not aware of who he is and is
so disconnected from their own
feelings, that he assumes the
responsibility for the actions of
the others.
• Codependency arises from a hunger
love affair. One can have a
hunger so disordered for love, that
prevent us from leaving a human relationship
negative.
• El dolor en la codependencia es mayor
that the love that is received.
• One of the characteristics of a person
codependent is someone who does not trust the other
person he/she tries to influence.
• The codependent does not know who they are,
what it feels, what are its
needs; live like a being
empty.
• Codependency appears to be
love, but it is mutual selfishness
destruction, fear, control, relationship
I love you if you change;
If you don't do what I say, you
I blame you, I chase you, I feel like you.
victim.
• The codependent needs to give
continuously to avoid feeling guilty,
anxiety, anger, fear, etc. Needs to give,
feeling necessary to have self-esteem.
He is dominated by feelings
sickly and not for the reason.
• Codependents get carried away.
only for their feelings. Their
self-esteem depends on behavior or
reaction of others.
• The codependent must receive help.
professional and spiritual. One must love oneself
neatly to himself,
attending to their needs
basics.
• The codependent has their own style
of life and their way of relating to the
others due to their low self-esteem. They
always focus on others and not on oneself
same.
• The codependent person does not know
have fun because you take life too seriously
seriously.
• It is difficult for him/her to achieve intimacy with
other people because she fears being hurt
for them.
• Desperately needs the
approval of others and for that reason
tries to please everyone.
• Feels anxious when he/she has to
make decisions because he/she is afraid
to make a mistake.
• He denies his own feelings.
• Many people are not able to
say what has led them to fall in love and
to choose a person as a partner in
particular.
• But it is even more difficult to explain
the fact that a person
fall in love with someone who then ends up
defining as the "person
mistaken
it clearly becomes conflictive and
painful.
Recovery of the
Codependency

• Just as addiction is a disease


treatable, codependency is too.
• The treatment of codependency can
consist of a mix of psychotherapy and
attendance at self-help groups, until
structured family therapy sessions.
Recovery of the
Codependency

• Many times the recovery of a family


affected by addiction, begins with the
recovery of codependents, however it is
necessary for the codependent to focus on their
self-recovery and personal care, so that
this happens.
• Theself-help groups for families of addicts,
such as: Anonymous Families, Alanon and
Codependents Anonymous is very useful in the
family recovery process and the
codependency.
• Codependency is treatable and the
Recovery is possible.
Questions or comments

normaelenasugra@[Link]

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