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Codependence:
A state resulting from childhood trauma that renders a person unable to
experience appropriate levels of self-esteem, set functional boundaries
with others, own their own reality, deal with adult dependency issues
around needing and wanting and express reality with moderation. |
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Addiction:
Any process that relieves intolerable reality and becomes a priority,
taking time and attention away from other priorities and creating harmful
consequences that are ignored. |
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Eating Disorder:
Obsessive-compulsive preoccupation with food and/or weight. Body image is
usually distorted. Symptoms may include overeating, anorexia, bulimia or a
combination of these conditions. |
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Chemical Dependency:
A progressive fatal disease in which the addict/alcoholic loses the
capacity to predict when chemical use will stop once she/he starts. |
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Sex Addiction:
Obsessive-compulsive sexual behavior in the face of harmful consequence.
These obsessions can take the form of fantasy or overt acting out,
performed alone or with others. |
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Love
Addiction:
A process of obsession and compulsion whereby a person assigns too much
time, attention and value above themselves to any person they are in a
relationship with, coupled with having unrealistic expectations for
unconditional positive regard from that person to the exclusion of self
care and self valuing. |
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Addicted Relationships:
Relationships that exist between a “love addict” and any other addict that
create intensity (often mistaken for romance or love) and avoid real
intimacy. |
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Spirituality:
The experience of being in a relationship with a power, external to and
greater than self, that provides guidance, solace and serenity. |
