Male Codependence

Ask yourself why you need to love a person who creates pain for you. Ask why you care more for him (her) than you do about your own happiness. Why is your caring so misguided? You know you can’t change your partner. But you can become stronger, set some limits and insist on more appropriate behavior from him (her). Find the weakness that prevents you from doing this. Real love is not about continued pain. It is about creating a partnership which each person cares and nurtures the other person. Codependency is caring too much for another person who has dysfunctional behavior at the expense of one’s own self. Caring too much and enabling the other person keeps people in destructive relationships. Co-dependent people try to get validation from others and are willing to give themselves away to get it, as opposed to those who can know their own self-worth and seek what they need within themselves. Psychologist, Dr. Lynne Namka

Sometimes you hit a point
where you either change
or self destruct.
Sam Stevens