New Podcast: Codependency and Repetition Compulsion

We repeat traumatic experiences in an unconscious attempt to gain mastery over them. If you felt rejected, unloved, or powerless as a child, you may recreate similar experiences and relationships in an unconscious effort to heal yourself by gaining the acceptance or love of another person or by regaining a sense of control.

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Debunking the Myths (and Prejudices) about Codependency

I firmly believe that codependency is firmly routed in childhood trauma, relational and developmental trauma. In a sense, we staystuck in what John Bradshaw says, in his excellent book, Healing the Shame that Binds You, in the codependent formative phase where we need someone to guide us.

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