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Breaking Free: When Loyalty Becomes Codependency in Relationships
Have you ever defended someone's behavior while secretly knowing things were exactly as bad as others suspected? That's not loyalty—that's the slippery slope into codependency.
Drawing from my own painful journey, I open up about the fine line between standing by those we love and losing ourselves in the process. After my parents' divorce in my twenties, I was determined to be the family fixer, the loyal one who would keep everything together. This mindset followed me into my marriage and other relationships, where I became a master at excessive caretaking, problem-solving, and rationalizing…
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