Relationship Does Anyone Feel Like They Are Co-dependant?

[IvyMillie]

This is a question I'm just wondering about. I think early on, I was co-dependant on my husband. I felt like he needed me and depended on him. I was so afraid of rejection that I was dependant on him more.

However, in time, he wasn't able to fill my emotional needs, so I am no longer dependant on him. In alot of ways I feel like a person who lives like they are single. I have to have the mindset to take care of myself. When he is distant he doesn't depend on me either.

I just know some of you are in situations where your sufferer is more dependant on you for certain things due to their illness. Do they give you what you need in some way so that you are co-dpendant on them?

 

[ISupportHer]

I think I am doing better. I was no different than many here, allowing all of my happiness to be dependent on my wife and what was going on. The fear of what I sensed was her pulling away. There, of course, is always some dependance on one another in any relationship. But we have to find happiness within ourselves in order to bring anything healthy to the relationship.

ISH