This is because relationship dependents have as much difficulty accepting their powerlessness over people and events as addicts have over accepting their powerlessness over their drug of choice.
Relationship dependency is a treatable progressive disorder with common symptoms. Some of these are:
Low self-esteem, caretaking, obsession, dependency on others to meet needs and wants, difficulty expressing anger appropriately, having weak boundaries, depression, anxiety, repression of one’s own needs, denial, lack of trust, perfectionism, workaholism, operating in extremes, procrastination, compulsive lying, compulsive talking, dependent or over-possessive relationships, and controlling others through manipulating, threatening, coerciveness, helplessness, guilting, and/or advice giving. Other codependency disorders can be dependency on status, prestige, possessions, power or control in a kind of treadmill existence so that whether or not goals are achieved, there is a driven compulsion for more; an anxious feeling of incompleteness or emptiness remains no matter what is accomplished.
we live in a society that fosters dependency.
However, the ramifications of relationship dependency go beyond psychological symptoms. dependency has physical implications as well. During the middle and advanced stages of codependency, physical illnesses may start to emerge. Middle stage codependents may experience insomnia, heart arrhythmia, sexual dysfunction, self-neglect, unwarranted fatigue, hyperactivity, suppressed immune functioning, gastrointestinal disturbances, and migraine headaches. In later stages of codependency individuals may feel lethargic, develop high stress related physical illnesses (colitis, ulcers, high blood pressure, etc.), a serious eating disorder or other major health problem.
Relationship dependency is a treatable progressive disorder with common symptoms. Some of these are:
Low self-esteem, caretaking, obsession, dependency on others to meet needs and wants, difficulty expressing anger appropriately, having weak boundaries, depression, anxiety, repression of one’s own needs, denial, lack of trust, perfectionism, workaholism, operating in extremes, procrastination, compulsive lying, compulsive talking, dependent or over-possessive relationships, and controlling others through manipulating, threatening, coerciveness, helplessness, guilting, and/or advice giving. Other codependency disorders can be dependency on status, prestige, possessions, power or control in a kind of treadmill existence so that whether or not goals are achieved, there is a driven compulsion for more; an anxious feeling of incompleteness or emptiness remains no matter what is accomplished.
we live in a society that fosters dependency.
However, the ramifications of relationship dependency go beyond psychological symptoms. dependency has physical implications as well. During the middle and advanced stages of codependency, physical illnesses may start to emerge. Middle stage codependents may experience insomnia, heart arrhythmia, sexual dysfunction, self-neglect, unwarranted fatigue, hyperactivity, suppressed immune functioning, gastrointestinal disturbances, and migraine headaches. In later stages of codependency individuals may feel lethargic, develop high stress related physical illnesses (colitis, ulcers, high blood pressure, etc.), a serious eating disorder or other major health problem.
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