How Chronic Codependency Changes A Person
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Julia Austin
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Your identity = your relationship
We asked our experts how being in codependent relationships impacts one’s self-esteem. Hoffman says, “Co-dependence stems ultimately from an inconsistent place of self-worth and the more that we get value out of someone being needed by us and co-dependent on us, the more that our self-esteem becomes tied to that. This causes us to replicate the same feeling again in future relationships, further damaging our sense of self and independent identity when it’s not defined in the context of a relationship.”
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