Instead, codependent relationships look like one person feeling like they need to, for example, cook for their partner, while the other person needs to be cooked for, explains Ruiz.

Codependent parental behavior can continue into adulthood, according to Overstreet, and it often manifests as a lack of boundaries. A common way codependent parents do this is when they ask their ...

Codependent relationship don't look the same for everyone. To help us better understand how to navigate this relationship, we connected with experts to ask what is a codependent relationship, what ...

Codependent behaviors can be hard to identify and can vary greatly based on the individuals involved. “Codependence is unhealthy when you stay in relationships regardless of what they cost you ...

Being codependent is hardly the same as simply being dependent. And in some ways, it’s crucial that these two types of dependency be seen as distinct.

The codependent’s actually cultivating the addict’s dependency on them doesn’t much help themselves either. The addict might fulfill their need to be needed—and thus valued by another.

America feels like an alcoholic household—crazy with grievance, accusation, irrational rage, screaming in the middle of the night. The children lie in the dark, wide-eyed, listening. In the ...

Codependent Algorithms is a code-based artwork that explores the human interdependence with algorithms. The project begins by choosing a random word. Then a misspelling algorithm (which are used to ...