Codependency Blog
The Codependency Blog. Articles to help you understand Codependency. Codependency is a term increasingly used in psychology and mental health circles to describe an emotional and behavioural condition that affects one’s ability to have healthy, mutually satisfying relationships. Codependency often manifests itself in the form of enabling or controlling behaviour within the relationship. Roslyn Saunders’s Codependency Blog can provide insight into this phenomenon and how it can be managed with greater understanding. Am I Codependent? Take the Codependency Quiz and find out.
Why You Keep Attracting Emotionally Unavailable Partners
Take the free Codependency Quiz Have you ever wondered why you keep ending up with the same kind of partner, just wearing a different face? Distant one moment, attentive the next. Hard to pin down. Never quite able to define where you stand. You tell yourself it’s bad luck. Wrong
Why You’re Always Emotionally Exhausted
Take the free Codependency Quiz Do you wake up tired, even after a full night’s sleep? Maybe you go to bed early, do everything “right,” and still wake up feeling like you never switched off. Perhaps you find yourself needing a break from people you love, or feeling drained after
Is It Anxiety, or Could It Be Codependency?
Take the free Codependency Quiz Have you ever felt anxious for reasons you couldn’t quite explain? Maybe your chest tightens before you’ve even opened a text message. Perhaps you feel unsettled the moment someone goes quiet, or you find yourself bracing for a conversation that hasn’t happened yet. If you’ve
Why Saying No Feels So Hard (And What It’s Really Telling You)
Take the free Codependency Quiz Have you ever agreed to something you didn’t want to do simply because you couldn’t bring yourself to say no? Perhaps you accepted extra work when you were already overwhelmed. Maybe you agreed to another family commitment even though you desperately needed a quiet weekend.
Why People Pleasing Isn’t Kindness
Take the free Codependency Quiz Why People Pleasing Isn’t Kindness: The Hidden Cost of Always Putting Others First- Have you ever said “yes” when you desperately wanted to say “no”? Maybe you agreed to help someone even though you were already exhausted. Perhaps you apologised for something that wasn’t your