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<blockquote data-quote="strangeworld" data-source="post: 720749" data-attributes="member: 22313"><p>Thank you. I am trying but I feel defective most of the time - like I'm trying to be an adult (at 48) but still don't know what I'm doing. My emotions take over all the time. I didn't realize how much of my mental and emotional well being has been codependent on others emotional well being. Need to stop that because we all have a right to our own path. My daughter has a right to her path of destruction and I have a right to my path of recovery - and visa versa. It shouldn't suck the life out of us to see someone learning their hard lessons but love gets blurred with control and codependency. I need to separate myself and my feelings but I feel like I'm abandoning her if I am happy and she's sad. Same with anyone I love. It seems normal to an extent - I think we are all codependent in our emotional lives. Who doesn't feel sad when someone we love is hurting? It's when it becomes an overpowering depression that there is a problem - at least for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="strangeworld, post: 720749, member: 22313"] Thank you. I am trying but I feel defective most of the time - like I'm trying to be an adult (at 48) but still don't know what I'm doing. My emotions take over all the time. I didn't realize how much of my mental and emotional well being has been codependent on others emotional well being. Need to stop that because we all have a right to our own path. My daughter has a right to her path of destruction and I have a right to my path of recovery - and visa versa. It shouldn't suck the life out of us to see someone learning their hard lessons but love gets blurred with control and codependency. I need to separate myself and my feelings but I feel like I'm abandoning her if I am happy and she's sad. Same with anyone I love. It seems normal to an extent - I think we are all codependent in our emotional lives. Who doesn't feel sad when someone we love is hurting? It's when it becomes an overpowering depression that there is a problem - at least for me. [/QUOTE]
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