If you suffer from codependency you are a target for narcissists. Codependency is rooted in emotional neglect as well as unpredictability in households. Children who were raised in alcoholic, narcissistic, abusive, neglectful, chaotic homes develop an array of emotional as well as physical issues. One personality trait that develops is codependency.

Codependents offer suffer from abandonment trauma. As adults, we seek to ‘bond and attach’ to others in unhealthy ways. Because we crave to feel seen, we become ‘other-focused’. As a result, we attract ‘self-focused’ others who often have high narcissistic traits. Because codependents are often groomed to cater to the needs of others, as adults we ‘act out’ this fawning and people-pleasing to those who feel entitled to be the center of someone else’s world.

I hope this episode on this type of toxic relationship inspires you to consider healing any codependent beliefs and patterns of behaviors in you. You are enough and you are worthy of a healthy relationship in spite of your past.