I've only recently figured out that I'm codependent. While what is said sounds awesome, I'm not sure I could practice that alongside practicing detachment. To me, in order to survive the predicament I find myself, I would need to find a way to healthfully 'numb', if you want to call it that, my hurt, anger, fill in the blank with your appropriate emotion, or risk codependent attitudes and behaviors. In my mind, replacing that emotion with a brisk walk or some other physical activity is a positive. I agree covering it with an ice cream or some other fatty food would be the wrong approach. But this is my thought coming from a newly recognized problem with codependency.