I dont know how many of you are familiar with what being an Empath is but I know many of you have mentioned being a Co-dependent. If you think that you are one or both you may find this article that I found interesting: Empaths and Codependents – What’s the Difference? Empaths – Empaths are usually very caring and giving of themselves, often to their own detriment. Being particularly perceptive and hypersensitive to the wants and needs of others; going without to bring happiness and nurturing to their partners, hoping to avoid conflict at all costs. (There is more to being an Empath, please search for it for more information) Often, those who exhibit these kinds of behaviors also carry with them a very low self- worth. Because of this, they are prone to periods of depression, isolation, anxiety, and codependency on others. The problem arises in where codependency can often be expressed through the relationships they develop with other people because they are hypersensitive to hostility and prefer to avoid conflict. Their natural ability to want to keep the peace and make their partners pleased can easily be manipulated by those who are prone toward anger and aggression. Codependents – Co-dependency involves a pattern of thinking, feeling and/or behavior where one cannot tell where they begin and others end. It is toxic for relationships. Codependency can even be deemed an attempt to control others. Codependents think and feel responsible for other people’s feelings, actions, wants, needs, and well-being (or lack thereof). They feel compelled, almost forced, to help others solve their problems through offering unwanted advice or trying to fix feelings. Empaths are born with a sensitive emotional nature. Codependency is learned behavior and a coping mechanism. Not all codependents are Empaths, but most Empaths struggle with codependency. Both typically lose sight of their own lives in the commotion of tending to someone else’s, which make them prime targets for Narcissists. In abusive relationships, the one thing that they have in common is this: they love someone who is unrestrained, and they find themselves taking more accountability for the actions of that person than the person is taking for themselves. For these issues, Empathy and Codependency, there is only one solution to becoming balanced. And that is the development of one’s self: esteem, worth, and confidence….through acts of self empathy, self- compassion, and self- love.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 08:52:05 +0000
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