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This is why you should fight codependency

25 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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Amber Hollingsworth (YouTube video) argues for breaking codependent patterns. She lists reasons including unmet personal needs and, more importantly, that rescuing others prevents their growth and development of self-confidence/self-esteem (depriving them of the psychological rewards of solving problems). The clip is conversational and uses informal examples and asides to emphasize consequences of codependency.

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Before I tell you what the root cause is, I want to tell you why this is so important to address the most obvious why you need to break these codependent patterns is because you're not getting your needs met. And honestly, of the ones I've got listed up here, that's probably the least important one. Honestly. Because a lot of you are like, that's okay. That's all right. I don't mind. The next big reason why it's really, really important to break these codependent behaviors is because you, when you're fixing someone else's problems over and over, you are preventing them from growing, which is disallowing them to build self confidence, self esteem. If Campbell was here, she'd say, you're not letting them get their serotonins, and I would agree with her. You're robbing the other person of that.