co-dependent behavior...do you think you learned it?
One of the things I've read lately is that codie behavior is usually learned somewhere in childhood. I'm wondering if anyone thinks they learned it and where/how did you learn it?
As I look at myself, the only thing I can think of was my fathers illness. He had an enlarged heart and had 7 heart attacks one year and had to retire. He was an active outdoors man and having to reduce his activities to avoid heartattacks was hard for him. It took him about 10 years to die and I was his dialysis nurse for three years in highschool. I remember burying alot of resentment at the time. Oh such a bad kid to feel like I do feelings. Not sure what it all means and I'm not going to look at it too closely just now but maybe it matters.
Anyways, I'm rambling.
Do you feel like you learned codie behavior?