Term
Codependency
A relationship in which a person lives through someone else's problems, rescues them from the consequences of their actions and loses sight of themselves.
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself, Nedra Glover Tawwab
Explained in
- Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself, Nedra Glover Tawwab
- Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find, and Keep, Love, Amir Levine, Rachel Heller
A concept from the psychology of families where someone has an addiction: a person's life revolves around someone else's problem, at their own expense. The authors believe the word is wrongly applied to any need for a partner.
- Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself, Melody Beattie
Beattie’s working concept: the habit of letting another person’s behavior strongly affect you and trying to control it. Not an official psychiatric diagnosis.
- Women Who Love Too Much, Robin Norwood
A popular term for relationships in which a person's life is built around the problems of someone else, often someone with an addiction. Not a medical diagnosis.