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Mental Health Awareness: What is Codependency?

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Do you know someone with it potentially? Yes.
Do you know someone with it potentially? No.
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Here's a lot of things I experience along with many others who have this mental illness knowing or unknowing about it. Although not all of these fit in exactly to all people obviously but a majority of these things people with the mental problem will relate too. I know a lot of these will feel repeating or some probably are but these I have gathered from online sources and can say a lot of them are truthful for most cases.

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Codependency is not a mental illness... it is a pattern of dysfunctional behaviors and relationship dynamics.
Joshagibby · 26-30, M
@HootyTheNightOwl Thanks for letting me know. I also have Autism as well but i've been told that's a social disability. It's tough to know when the line begins and stops at times.
@Joshagibby Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition. While it does affect our ability to communicate socially, it's also more than that in terms of what it affects.

It turns out that the world is becoming more aware of the fact that our brains are wired differently than the brain of someone who doesn't have autism because we were exposed to some hormones early on in pregnancy (around 8 weeks).

As far as mental illnesses go, most people use the DSM-5 criteria as a guiding light on what is and is not a "mental illness" because it is more widely accepted - however, the inclusion of illnesses within the DSM-5 can and does change as we learn more about them... as is evidenced by the fact that Asperger's syndrome is now merged with Autism Spectrum Disorder and both were removed from the DSM-5.
riseofthemachine · 41-45, M
@Joshagibby iyou said " it tough tough to know when the line stops and ends at times .
As what I said " Self conscious " .
You should enjoy your partner not being self conscious that she'll leave all of time .
That's a lower power and if you want to know in psychology" voices in the head "