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Introduction of Codependency Recovery Guide
 

The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.
―Norton Juster

 

 

In the modern world, many women have become increasingly protective of their individuality and lifestyle; and just as many women have developed a fear of entering a romantic relationship. You yourself may fall into one of these two categories. While neither are necessarily bad—especially as it’s a personal choice—you may make this decision because you find it difficult to enter a romantic relationship without losing who you are in the process. A woman is called “codependent,” according to Khoshaba (2013), when she enters into relationships and attaches herself in a dependent manner to her partner, a friend, family member, food, or substance—like alcohol or drugs—to satisfy unmet physical and emotional needs that originated from her childhood.
 

Growing up in a home where one or more family members displayed codependent tendencies puts you at risk of growing up to become a codependent adult. As such, codependency is often cyclical, meaning it is passed down from past generations. Behaviors linked to codependency often occur in environments that face challenges and experienced stressors like abuse, addiction, or mental illness. It’s difficult for you to learn how to cultivate a healthy relationship with your partner, friends, and family members as an adult when you grew up in a dysfunctional home environment. For many of the women who grew up this way, it becomes more difficult for them to live an independent lifestyle. As a result, codependency has been found to share traits with mental disorders like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and obsessive-compulsive behavior (OCD) (Hull, 2022).

Originally, “codependency” was a term that was used to refer to the relationship that a person had with a substance (like alcohol or drugs); however, in the present, “codependency” covers a broader range of behaviors and relationships. As a life coach who helps and guides people who want to escape from unhealthy relationships, I aim to teach you what codependency is, where it comes from, how it impacts your life, and how you can recover from codependency and codependent relationships. Once you have read through this book and completed the activities, you will have learned how to love yourself, care for the woman that you have become, and cultivate and maintain your independence so that you can start your journey to recovery. Each chapter will build on the other, creating a foundation that aims to help you be the woman that you really are, and care for her and her future without losing yourself again.

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