Codependency & Enabling

Have you ever heard a word that immediately made you cringe? For some, the word is “moist.” For others, it’s any abbreviated word or phrase like “rizz” for charisma or “ship” when someone wants to see two people as a couple.

For me, it was hearing the word codependency. I hated that word for such a long time. I prided myself on being an independent woman and despised any suggestion that I wasn’t. I didn’t want to be forced into a label I felt didn’t fit me.

I didn’t even want my counselor to use the word during my sessions with her. If she slipped and said it, I quickly corrected her. The boulder on my shoulder about that word was enormous.