Kenya’s Reviews > Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself > Status Update

Whenever you find that you can’t stop thinking about talking about or worrying about someone or something that is when you should start practicing detachment.

Codependency is reactionary.

Codependency, in my opinion, is taking on the responsibilities of other people’s lives (and problems) as your own and internalizing it.

As I’m reading this book, I am able to connect with some of the characters who labeled themselves as being codependent. I’m questioning whether or not I’m codependent myself. In the past, I discovered from reading ‘Attached’ (as recommended by my therapist) that I have an anxious attachment style.

I’m wondering if there are any relations between an anxious attachment style vs codependency.

So far, I am learning that codependent people take on other people’s problems for themselves, sometimes neglecting their own personal self-care.