Codependency

Emotional, psychological and behavioral state which is characterized by dependency on people.

Common characteristics:

• Feeling oneself responsible for the feelings, thoughts actions and wishes of other people
• Feeling oneself annoyed when help is not satisfactory
• Anticipating to other people's needs
• Playing the role of victim when one's desires are not met
• Laying the blame on others for one's own actions- Holding others responsible
• Having a low self esteem
• Repressing, holding back one's feelings
• Trying to take others by surprise when a mistake occurs
• Self abandonment
• Being overridden with guilt
• Being obsessed with controlling the life of others
• Denying difficulties
• Believing in lies
• Getting stuck in relationships that don't work
• Having poor relationships from the point of view of communication (they blame, threat or cheat)
• Not saying what or how they feel
• Being complacent
• Avoiding speaking about oneself
• Setting limits or  boundaries but failing to keep them
• Being overcome by rage and concealing it
• Feeling afraid of causing anger en others