Old 06-22-2016, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by lizatola View Post

I don't do those things to my bf. I am not the same person I was.....but sometimes I'm very afraid that it will all come back and I will be stuck in a vortex of codependency again. That fact, right there, scares the crap out of me!
This. Right here. A thousand million times this. I have struggled with this, too, with the prospect of my gentleman friend moving closer. How long until he sees something ugly in me? Will I be able to keep old behaviors that I have worked so hard to eliminate from coming back?

You are not alone, my friend.
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