Codependency

We oftentimes don't even realize that we've suffered from abandonment. And this is probably one of the saddest things that happens to those of us who struggle with codependency. You feel like you're innately bad. You have tremendous shame. When you are raised by people who cannot appreciate you for who you are, then you are programmed to believe that there's nothing valuable about you. It doesn't make to us because the people who are raising us aren't acting like it's a big deal to ignore the children in the home. They act like this is normal. Maybe it is their norm, but that doesn't mean it's healthy.