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Codependency and Self-Esteem
Sally Kohn: Where can we draw the line between dependence and its evil twin you know codependency? She says it would be more worrying to me if we were completely detached from others. "Codependence is maladaptive and it's harmful to both members of the relationship," she says. If your friend keeps coming to you for money but never paying you back or showing any progress towards being financially independent this may seem like you're helping them at the surface level, writes Kohn. It actually may be that you're enabling their dependency on you for assistance.