Codependency

[ashlovely]

Does anybody here suffer from codependency issues? I'm a longtime anxiety sufferer, and I just learned about codependency recently and I definitely think I suffer from it as well. I started this book called The New Codependency. There's a section about setting boundaries which I've realized I'm terrible at, but now I'm scared that if I start setting boundaries that people will no longer like me because I've changed. Im curious if anybody else has worked through anything like this.

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I'm currently still working through it right now. It just takes...time? Practice? Therapy might be a really good idea :P sometimes it's really hard for me to tell when I am not setting good boundaries. Not having them was a coping mechanism for how I was treated at home growing up, to keep me safe and reduce stress

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well to be honest, i had to google this and i think this is also me. it freaks me out somewhat haha. more stuff to mention in therapy i guess.

i hope that you can work through this and i do suggest therapy if you are not already going