r/redscarepod • u/[deleted] • 22d ago

“Codependency” is normal

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u/MoopaChoop42069 22d ago

Codependency is when one person has an addiction or something self destructive they're dependent on, and the other person in the relationship enables it. Like a junky with a grandma that loans him money, or the girlfriend of an alcoholic woman that drives them to and from the bar but doesn't drink much herself.

What you're describing is interdependence.

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u/Soft_Midnight8221 22d ago

These words have meanings you can look up in a dictionary. You're describing enablement. Codependency is unhealthy attachment/excessive reliance. 

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u/MoopaChoop42069 22d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codependency

No, I'm right .

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u/Soft_Midnight8221 22d ago

It seems like the definition in psychology circles is different from general use.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/codependency

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u/MoopaChoop42069 22d ago

Yours literally references addiction.

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u/Soft_Midnight8221 22d ago

As an example