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142 : Codependency: Breaking the Pattern of Overgiving in Relationships
142 : Codependency: Breaking the Pattern of Overgiving in Relationships
If you’ve ever felt anxious when someone you love is struggling, then caught yourself trying to fix it fast, this conversation lands with a thud. We’re naming the pattern behind the “I’m just being helpful” reflex: codependency, a learned set of survival behaviors where our self-worth and emotional state get tied to someone else’s approval, needs, or crisis. And we connect it to attachment style and the nervous system, because you can’t always think your way out of something your body still r...