Signs of a Codependent Relationship


	Signs of a Codependent Relationship

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8-14-2007 6:04 PM

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your own values to avoid another person's rejection or anger. Those are just a
few red flags of codependence. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/features/signs-of-a-codependent-relationship?src=RSS_PUBLIC"><P>In some sense, all relationships are codependent, Cannon tells WebMD.
"Many people have what I call a 'low-grade infection.’ It's always there,
but they've been able to adapt to it, work around it. Others have the more
aggressive form -- they get more and more depressed, develop addictions and
relationship problems. They become self-destructive or unduly self-sacrificing.
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"Their whole life is spent in wildly swinging arcs to meet others'
expectations. If you're nice to me, I'm a good person. If you look at me funny,
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