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Codependency Recovery Helps to Cure Childhood Trauma
We learned codependency growing up in a home controlled by addiction and/or mental illness
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If You Grew Up in a Troubled Family, You Either Became a Codependent or a Narcissist.
If You Grew Up in a Troubled Family, You Either Became a Codependent or a Narcissist.
“When the family energy is focused on the problem of the adult rather than on the needs of the children, the results for the children are…
Kathy Berman
Dec 7, 2020
Codependency is a Pattern Learned in Childhood
Codependency is a Pattern Learned in Childhood
“At its heart, codependency is a set of behaviors developed to manage the anxiety that comes when our primary attachments are formed with…
Kathy Berman
Nov 15, 2020
When We Discovered We Were Codependent, We Were Shocked.
When We Discovered We Were Codependent, We Were Shocked.
“Codependent people need external sources (things or other people) to give them feelings of self-worth. Often, following destructive…
Kathy Berman
Dec 8, 2020
Childhood is Disrupted in a Home Controlled by Alcoholism
Childhood is Disrupted in a Home Controlled by Alcoholism
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Kathy Berman
Oct 19, 2020
Codependency Was Our Survival in a Troubled Family
Codependency Begins When the Child is the Emotional Parent to a Parent
Codependency Begins When the Child is the Emotional Parent to a Parent
“At its heart, codependency is a set of behaviors developed to manage the anxiety that comes when our primary attachments are formed with…
Kathy Berman
Oct 27, 2020
We Become Immature Adults from the Power Struggle in Our Birth Family
We Become Immature Adults from the Power Struggle in Our Birth Family
“Often, our misunderstandings about love are born in disruptive family relationships, where someone was either one-up or one-down to an…
Kathy Berman
Oct 31, 2020
Indifference is the Opposite of Love: Moving Away From an Abuser
Indifference is the Opposite of Love: Moving Away From an Abuser
The opposite of love isn’t hate. The opposite is indifference. When you no longer have feelings for someone, you have no reaction to them…
Kathy Berman
Dec 23, 2020
How Did I Know That My Primary Addiction was to My Family of Origin?
How Did I Know That My Primary Addiction was to My Family of Origin?
I realized that I was an alcoholic and went to AA on Nov. 24, 1976. I never drank again nor did I ever think that alcohol could help any…
Kathy Berman
Oct 30, 2020
Codependency Recovery Requires Changing These Behavior Patterns
My Journey to Accepting my Codependency Took 23 Years
My Journey to Accepting my Codependency Took 23 Years
In 1986, when I was 10 years sober, I read Melody Beattie’s Codependent No More. I was shocked that I identified because I was a…
Kathy Berman
Dec 18, 2020
Learning How to Set Boundaries Will Determine Your Success at Codependency Recovery
Learning How to Set Boundaries Will Determine Your Success at Codependency Recovery
Because my parents never resolved their power struggle, I was elected “it”. That way each parent could find ways I was “wrong”…
Kathy Berman
Nov 6, 2020
Detachment is a Necessary Learned Behavior for Codependency Recovery
Detachment is a Necessary Learned Behavior for Codependency Recovery
A big reason, if not the main reason that I drank too much, was to not feel my feelings. Not feeling them meant not having to acknowledge…
Kathy Berman
Nov 9, 2020
Making Your Mind Your Friend by Using ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
Making Your Mind Your Friend by Using ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
“As you go deeper into yourself, you will naturally come to realize that there is an aspect of your being that is always there and never…
Kathy Berman
Oct 28, 2020
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Teaches Us How to Let Go of Negative Thoughts
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Teaches Us How to Let Go of Negative Thoughts
“I recently read in the book My Stroke of Insight by brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor that the natural life span of an emotion — the…
Kathy Berman
Feb 9, 2021
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