What is codependency? Who experiences it? Where does it come from? And how do you make it better? 

In this episode of Hold That Thought hosts Taylor and Becca explore these questions and more, unpacking the origins, critiques, nuances and power of the psychological model of codependency. In the end, they discuss how doing your homework on codependency can help you not only understand your relationship to others, but also help you understand yourself. 

Topics: Codependency, relationships, family systems, addiction, psychology, relationships

Resources:

The Lived Experience of Codependency: an Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
Living with Addicted Men and Codependency: The Moderating Effect of Personality Traits
An Overview of the Historical and Empirical Antecedents in the Development of the Codependency Concept
Diagnostic Criteria for Codependency
What Is Codependency? And What Does This Buzzword Really Mean?
Mental Health America: Codependency
TikTok: Relational Alchemy
We Can Do Hard Things: Breaking Codependency and Letting LIfe Happen with Melody Beattie
The dopaminergic reward system underpins gender differences in social preferences
16 Codependent Traits That Go Beyond Being a People Pleaser
Codependency A Helpful Concept Turned Toxic: A Lesson from Our Own History