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Don't forget yourself: Taking the leap out of codependent behavior

The Overwhelmed Brain

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You Have to Love Yourself So Much That You Have Enough Love for Someone Else

When you don't have enough of something inside yourself and you end up giving it to someone else, not only do you end up more drained faster, your power and your energy ends up being drained faster. What also happens is that you seek what you're lacking inside yourself from the other person, causing them to drain as well. In this particular case, he is staying continuing to be abused to help her through her traumas which I'm going to say right off is a very codependent thing. It's like the people please are syndrome.

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