How Couples Can Overcome Codependent Relationships
The Short Version: Codependent relationships are often misunderstood and difficult to process. Couples in a codependent relationship should take the proper precautions to avoid being hurt.Couples don’t have to worry about figuring it out alone thanks to Lisa Concepcion, a certified life coach and founder of LoveQuest Coaching. Lisa offers tangible advice on how couples can shift from codependency to interdependence so that they can have a healthy relationship. Lisa also helps people recover from codependency and toxic relationships.
Codependency in a relationship is the excessive emotional or psychological dependence on a partner and is usually toxic and dysfunctional. According to the U.S. Army, somewhere around 90% of the American population have exhibited codependent behavior. This behavior is learned over the years and, without the proper skills, can lead to an unhealthy relationship.
Codependent relationships are known as a one-sided partnership where one partner has a severe imbalance of power. Codependency leads to people depending on external validations and conditions from their partner that leads to an unhealthy relationship.