Did you know codependency/dependency is the cause?
Best-selling author John Bradshaw said, "Codependency/dependency is the root of addiction."
Codependency/dependency is an unhealthy way to parent. Either the parents are not physically/emotionally there for the child and grows up to be the codependent person. Or the parents are there too much for the child and grows up to be the dependent person.
"All of us are addicted to something. So, that means we are all either codependent or dependent."-Serena Jade
I grew up codependent, I was assigned the role as the caretaker for my mother. My mother was dependent and logically, the natural order of parenting was reversed. I was abandoned and left with emotional scars. I am still recovering from the emotional distress and threat from my childhood.
I would say the biggest addiction for me is trying to control my life. This is a compulsive behavior-my addiction.
However, I am aware of my dysfunctional childhood. In the past twenty-months, I unwrapped my defense mechanisms that covered up the anxiety of my stressful childhood. Not an easy feat and I continue every day to achieve healthy boundaries and connect with my higher self!
Are you aware of your childhood?
Were your parents codependent or dependent?
"Self-Knowledge is the Jewel of all Knowledge."-Serena Jade
www.serenajade.co
Best-selling author John Bradshaw said, "Codependency/dependency is the root of addiction."
Codependency/dependency is an unhealthy way to parent. Either the parents are not physically/emotionally there for the child and grows up to be the codependent person. Or the parents are there too much for the child and grows up to be the dependent person.
"All of us are addicted to something. So, that means we are all either codependent or dependent."-Serena Jade
I grew up codependent, I was assigned the role as the caretaker for my mother. My mother was dependent and logically, the natural order of parenting was reversed. I was abandoned and left with emotional scars. I am still recovering from the emotional distress and threat from my childhood.
I would say the biggest addiction for me is trying to control my life. This is a compulsive behavior-my addiction.
However, I am aware of my dysfunctional childhood. In the past twenty-months, I unwrapped my defense mechanisms that covered up the anxiety of my stressful childhood. Not an easy feat and I continue every day to achieve healthy boundaries and connect with my higher self!
Are you aware of your childhood?
Were your parents codependent or dependent?
"Self-Knowledge is the Jewel of all Knowledge."-Serena Jade
www.serenajade.co
