Codependency is a learned behavior that is transmittable from one generation to the next. It is an emotional and behavioral disorder that impairs a person's capacity for stable, mutually beneficial relationships. Because persons with codependency frequently establish or maintain relationships that are unbalanced, emotionally damaging, or abusive, it is also characterized as "relationship addiction." The illness was initially discovered approximately 10 years ago as a result of extensive research into interpersonal interactions in alcoholic families. Co-dependent behavior can be picked up via observing and copying other family members who exhibit it. Miami clinical psychotherapy can help you overcome Codependency, and at New Era Therapy Now we offer Cross Addictions Therapy, specifically addressing multiple addictive behaviors simultaneously to ensure a successful recovery journey.

Characteristics Of Codependency People:

• A disproportionate sense of accountability for other people's conduct
• A propensity to mix up love and pity, as well as the propensity to "love" those they can pity and save
• A propensity to always go above and above the call of duty
• A propensity to take it personally when others don't appreciate their work
• An unhealthy reliance on connections. The co-dependent will go to any lengths to maintain a relationship and prevent feeling abandoned.
• Intense approval and recognition seeking
• Remorse while making an assertive statement
• A strong desire to control other people
• A lack of faith in oneself or others
• Fear of being left alone or abandoned
• Having trouble naming feelings
• Lack of flexibility and rigidity Issues with closeness and boundaries
• Ongoing rage
• Lying/dishonesty
• Communication problems
• Decision-making challenges

Who Does Codependency Affect?

Codependency frequently affects a person's spouse, parent, sibling, sibling, friend, or coworker who has a drinking or drugging problem. Co-dependent was originally a word used to describe people who were in a relationship with or were living with an addictive individual. People who are in relationships with people who have mental or chronic illnesses have been observed to exhibit similar characteristics. However, the definition of the phrase has expanded now to include any codependent person from any dysfunctional home. You can reach out to New Era Therapy Now for couples therapy in Broward county to help your family overcome the effects of Codependency.

What Is A Dysfunctional Family And How Does It Lead To Codependency?

A dysfunctional family is one in which members experience unrecognized or suppressed fear, rage, suffering, or humiliation. Families with dysfunctional deny that there are issues. They don't discuss them or challenge them. Family members thus acquire the ability to suppress their emotions and ignore their own demands. They adopt behaviors that enable them to suppress, avoid, or dismiss unpleasant emotions.

The family member who is unwell or addicted is the center of attention and effort until getting help from a Florida psychotherapist. The co-dependent individual often forgoes their wants in order to care for a sick person. Codependents risk losing touch with their own needs, desires, and sense of self when they put other people's health, welfare, and safety before their own.

How Do Codependency People Behave?

Low self-esteem causes co-dependents to seek solace from anything or anybody outside of themselves. It's challenging for them to "be themselves." Some people turn to alcohol, narcotics, or cigarettes to feel better, but they end up becoming addicted. Others might start engaging in obsessive activities like workaholism, gambling, or promiscuous behavior.

They intend to do good. They make an effort to care for a person who is having trouble, but the caregiving turns compulsive and fruitless. Co-dependents frequently adopt a martyr's persona and act as "benefactors" to someone who is in need. A mother may provide an explanation for a truant child, a wife may cover for her alcoholic husband, or a father may "pull some strings" to spare his child from the repercussions of misbehavior.

The issue is that these recurrent attempts at rescue enable the helpless person to stay on a harmful path and grow even more reliant on the dysfunctional parenting of the "benefactor." The co-dependent gains a sense of fulfillment and satisfaction from "being needed" as their reliance grows. The co-dependent feels powerless and helpless in the relationship when caregiving became compulsive, but they are unable to break the cycle of behavior that leads to it. Co-dependents identify as victims and are drawn to other people's weaknesses in romantic and social interactions. At New Era Therapy Now, located in Florida, Boca Raton, Parkland, Coral Springs, Miami Beach, we offer codependency group therapy.