Codependence is when a person has let someone else’s behavior affect him or her and is obsessed with controlling other people’s behavior.
Codependence is what happens when a child is not allowed to feel or express their genuine feelings and then grows up never learning how.
Codependence is when a person forfeits their needs either because they are too focused on others or because they simply don’t know what their needs are.
Codependence is an addiction — it is a person depending on another person because they don’t depend on themself.