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Much of identifying addiction and creating a healthy relationship with anything, whether that’s going to mean quitting it entirely or enjoying it in moderation, is first knowing the signs that the relationship has become unhealthy. We spoke to licensed clinical mental health counselor Demetrius Cofield about it.
Codependency is an effective mask for sex addiction. One carries the other. Some people don’t realize they’re sex addicts because they also have codependency issues, always jumping from one relationship to another. The issues can go hand in hand, but really, the codependent individual is just covering up her sex addiction within the shelter of a “committed relationship.”
In conversation, your questions are intended to get someone to confess that they are sad, depressed, angry, or some other negative emotion. Someone may just say something like, “Our landlord is raising our rent a little” and you might ask, “That must make you feel so angry and violated right?” You want to prove that other people feel as dark and sad about life as you do.
You also cannot be ashamed of his recovery, or ask him to hide it from your friends and family. Being open about it is a crucial part of him treating it, so you need to be open about it, too.
Self-love lesson: How do you love someone with an addiction? Over the holidays I ran into a former classmate who I always admired. Kayla (not her real name) was smart, funny, and had it going on. This woman was beautiful and outgoing and it was easy to see, even as a young woman, that she was […]
He revealed that the absence of his mother's love forced him to look for affection in unhealthy places.