Richeart
Status: Self-awareness is the beginning of all wisdom. Loving of "what is", is the path for recovery from the codependency addiction.
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I've had a strange feeling the last couple of days. I'm not as nervous as before, not as anxious. And I noticed something else this afternoon after adding my comment: I spend more of my time in my...
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Without a doubt in my mind, co-dependency is solidly about relationship issues,... except the relationship issue is with myself, or at least with the imaginary split-off persona's I create myself...
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I had another insight this morning. I am amazed still at the phenomena that I get some insights right before getting up, in the time period of not dreaming and knowing it will be time to get up soon...
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Moving on with my growth-homework, the last thread was really good. I can feel the change in attitude. The elements of story (rigid identity) and mirror (projection) are milestones in awareness, for...
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Here's a little insight as to what's going on in my codependency motivations:Since I was threatened, or conditioned, to please my parents to be ideal instead of real in order to belong and feel safe...
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There is something I wanted to add to my comments to Dave, that might be better stated here, involving shyness and my own 'drinking past'. Here are some lines from that "Shyness" book about that...
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If I'm finally being truthful about my feelings, I am angry, and frustrated. I realize I study and study, all in an attempt to understand what my problem is, and how it works. That concept of...
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(But then painful is a step up from anxiety, for me. It's more 'present' than 'future'.)This "learning to express my feelngs truthfully" actually requires me to know and feel what I'm feeling, which...
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So I was cleaning out files from my phone and I ran into one I hadn’t read in a while. It was notes I entered while reading Fritz Perls’ book on Gestalt principles, and it has made a big impact...
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This is a copy of an e-mail I sent to a close friend this morning. I think it speaks to both my co-dependency and shyness concerns. I thought it may have value for my DS friends too.RichToday's...
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I experienced an interesting awareness first thing this morning. My undirected thinking, an almost meditative "blank slate" open awareness state allowed my mind to reveal some interesting...
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The book I am currently reading was getting pretty boring and I was about to stop reading it when I got a tremendous synchronistic shot-in-the-arm! I read into a section about codependency that...
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My supervisor suggested I get and read two books, and I have. And I have made notes and condensed one for my continuous reading. The two books are by Pema Chodron, a Budhist nun and after reading...
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At the moment I am struggling with problems in remodeling the kitchen. It seems I am feeling a time pressure, when there isn't one. I have about four weeks before I get my license. The problem is the...
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The point of co-dependency is the belief that one feels dependent on someone else, or something else, for the feelings they are unaware that they are choosing.The need for a co-dependent type to feel...
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