The idea of alone time shouldn’t be frightening. In fact, alone time is great for you.
If you fail to text back for six hours, he begins to panic.
“We tend to be attracted to the same dynamics because they feel familiar, so if you know that you tend towards co-dependent relationships, look out for people you think you can fix, those who lack strong boundaries, and those who ask you to do things for them very early into the relationship.”
Just like with any other type of addiction, your codependency causes you to lie. Think about it: when your friends ask you how your relationship is going, you say, “Great!” even though you and your boyfriend threw plates at each other’s heads last night and he slept in his car. Or, sometimes you tell your friends you’ve left your toxic boyfriend, and then you secretly still see him.