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Codependency Counseling Orlando and the word codependency is a term people throw around today in modern society but have no real understanding of the severity and harmful affects it has another person. It is a state of being or condition where a person fixates and focuses on attempting to live through or for another person. Attempts to do so are disguised by manipulation and controlling the others the actions, outcomes, etc.
There is an obsessive earning much like that of an addicts urge to use drugs, to take care of another, void of self. When the codependent is blocked by attempts to fix others, they will experience such intense anxiety. Their whole purpose they believe is to play out the role of the sacrificial caretaker. This pattern of compulsiveness along with the urge to focus and fixate on others is an attempt to not have to look at themselves. They are unable to see clearly that they are fearful in life. Attempting to control their outside environment is way to feel safe and valid.
This is a learned behavior passed down from generation to generation especially in women over the past decades. The codependent has learned to develop dysfunctional behaviors in an attempt to survive in a family that is unstable, unpredictable and causes tremendous feelings of unrest, insecurity and great emotional pain and stress.
Codependency counseling Orlando is both a behavioral and emotional condition in which a person in a relationship feels that their happiness and self worth depends upon another person. Codependents tend to form what can be referred to as “relationship addiction“, even though the relationship may actually have many other problems. Often times it is common to see one partner in the codependent relationship with a drug, alcohol of behavioral addiction. This is the golden opportunity for the codependent to sweep on in and take over. The devastating fact is that the codependent, unless is able to identify and see themselves playing out this role, is feeling 100% justifiable in their right to overtake the others life by bombarding, enabling, fixing, planning, controlling, etc. I refer to this as “Giving the Codependent a Job”.
The codependent finds themselves focusing all of their efforts on the other person while their ego is telling them they are “putting their own needs aside”. The exact opposite it true. All attempts under the guise of the self sacrificing codependent is the ultimate form of selfishness and assumes that others are incapable of taking care of themselves and must have them or else they will not “make it”. Codependency occurs in all types of relationships some more subtle than others.
Many codependents suffer from feelings of low self esteem, They may feel that they need to stay in a toxic relationship even though it is not fulfilling or meeting their emotional needs because they believe that no one else would want them. The self esteem issues makes the codependent convince themselves that they need to stay in the relationship. To put up with a less than desirable situation because they truly believe they are not good enough. That they are not worthy of a loving relationship. For example, with an abusive alcoholic and a codependent, the person with low self esteem may feel it is their duty to stay and cater to the needs of the person with addiction and try to” fix” them and their relationship, when in reality they should walk away.
Codependents have a difficult time setting boundaries in a relationship. It is difficult to respect others. The codependent may allow others to invade their personal space. They feel they do not have the right to speak up. Their voice and opinions do not matter. They might feel as if they cannot disagree. This is true when it goes against what the other person in the relationship believes, feels, or thinks. The codependent may not even realize that they have the right to be treated with respect.
The codependent has difficulty owning their own thoughts and feelings. They are continuously focused on the thoughts and needs of someone else. Some spend their life trying so hard to please the other person. The other feeds off of the approval and admiration of others. Somehow in all of this, their own true sense of self gets lost. To the point where the codependent may not even really understand what he or she/he thinks or feels. They seldom focus on themselves.
The codependent has difficulty owning their own thoughts and feelings. They are continuously focused on the thoughts and needs of someone else. Some spend their life trying so hard to please the other person. The other feeds off of the approval and admiration of others. Somehow in all of this, their own true sense of self gets lost. To the point where the codependent may not even really understand what he or she/he thinks or feels. They seldom focus on themselves.
If you find that you answer yes to several of the above descriptions seek help for Codependency Counseling Orlando, FL. Learn to start taking care of your own needs. Understand the motives behind why you feel the strong needs to caretaker others.
Individual and couples counseling are great method to use. Call today and let’s start the work to freedom.