“For me, codependency is a process of manipulating myself to meet others’ expectations, in a futile attempt to control their thoughts and feelings so they’ll not shame and abandon me. Behaving codependently involves being dishonest with myself and others about what I think, how I feel, what I believe – in short, who I am. I don’t have to hide from you today. I can show you who I am, and I’m not in control of what you think of me.”
