367. The Spirit of Codependency

On the surface, codependency messages sound like Christian teaching.

"Codependents always put others first before taking care of themselves."

(Aren’t Christians to put others first?)

"Codependents give themselves away." (Shouldn’t Christians do the same?)

"Codependents martyr themselves." (Christianity honors its martyrs.)

Codependence is a pattern of detrimental, behavioral interactions within a dysfunctional relationship which is regarded as an emotional disorder, and by some as a psychological disease. Codependency is the fallacy of trying to control interior feelings by controlling people, things, and events on the outside.