List: Attachment/Codependence | Curated by Mitch Y Artman

Aug 3, 2024
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Attachment/Codependence
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The Bugs Bunny Theory of Codependence:Why Victims Force Rescuers to Rescue Victims
Aug 2
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Aug 2
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The Bad Childhood Theory of Learning to LoveAncient Greek tragedy was premised on characters who knew their fate, but were unable to prevent it. Onlookers watched the painful stories…
Feb 16
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Feb 16
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The Two Loves We All Seek:Healthy Connection, Unhealthy Compensation
Mar 9
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Mar 9
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Feeling Safe in Love:The Lesson You Should Never Have Unlearned
Apr 27
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Apr 27
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People-Pleasers and Codependence:The Need to be Needed
Jul 2
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Jul 2
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Why Codependence Should Be a DiagnosisA Tale of Two Patients
Jun 1
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Jun 1
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The Porcupine Theory of Attachment StyleThe parent who makes love normal did their job. The child who learns to run to or from love did not get what they needed, for love was not…
Apr 30
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Apr 30
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The Drama Triangle Theory of Couple Counseling:How Couples Play the Blame Game
Dec 30, 2023
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Dec 30, 2023
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The Hypochondriac of Love Theory of Unhappy Relationships:When Looking for Sickness is the Disease
Feb 26
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Feb 26
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How to Heal from Child AbuseThe worst thing abusers do is to teach you to see yourself through their eyes. These eyes see you not only as the one who suffers, but the…
Mar 24
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Mar 24
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The Missing Piece Theory of CodependenceOnce upon a time, a heart was made. All the other hearts were whole. But this heart was missing a piece. While all the other hearts could…
Feb 10
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Feb 10
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Childhood Trauma Teaches us What Love is Not:Defenses Against Love as a Learned Behavior
Apr 7, 2023
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Apr 7, 2023
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Trauma as the Denormalization of Love‘The problem with my parents hitting me as a kid wasn’t how much it hurt. The truth is, after a while, I got used to it.’
Sep 1, 2023
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Sep 1, 2023
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Why Did my Parents Hurt Me?:The Re-Creation of the Inner Child
Sep 3, 2023
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Sep 3, 2023
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Why Your Parents Hurt You:The Hidden Algorithm Called Childhood
Jan 10
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Jan 10
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The Childhood Trauma Theory of Codependence:How Lack of Love Becomes Lack of Self-Love
Dec 23, 2023
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Dec 23, 2023
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The Learning-to-Swim Theory of Codependence:Staying Afloat by not Knowing How
Sep 30, 2023
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Sep 30, 2023
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Swimming Upstream for LoveWashington state is filled with hydroelectric dams whose placement kills rivers’ natural currents. Naturalists worry over salmon’s…
Sep 19, 2022
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Sep 19, 2022
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The Hotspot Theory of CodependenceImagine that when you were a child, your parents failed to teach you that you were safe in love. They were so harsh with you, they gave you…
Sep 14, 2023
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Sep 14, 2023
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The Thermostat Theory of AttachmentI liken insecurely attached relationships to a thermostat in which the anxious partner is always turning the knob towards more time…
May 18, 2023
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May 18, 2023
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