What Is Co-Dependency?

What is Codependency (Co-dependency)?

Codependency is often defined as a phenomenon where the co-dependant person’s happiness is determined by how happy the other person is. If daddy is unhappy, momma’s unhappy.

The programs of Al-Anon and Alateen focus largely on overcoming codependency.

Some think that codependency is the minds way of dealing with the spouses or parent’s intolerable behavior.

Of course it is dangerous to pigeon-hole any illness of the mind. Some people seem to be born codependent. The cause is not important for purposes of this category. This site is geared toward the solution.