How to Use codependency in a Sentence
codependency
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It’s just one small aspect of a show that’s a love story about addiction and codependency and all kinds of things.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 3 June 2021
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There’s a lot of codependency, possibly both good and bad.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Dec. 2022
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Remember, our best-selling course is back to support you with codependency, go to crushcodependency.com to join us!
—Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 19 Oct. 2020
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So is the crazy codependency and memory-lane madness that seemed to fuel their one-of-a-kind dynamic.
—Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 24 May 2018
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Sometimes there is a chronic level of codependency, which can be a force of nature so strong that 12-step groups have been formed to help people escape its grip.
—Melanie Hamlett, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Dec. 2020
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Someone really needs to chat with her about her codependency on her 13-year-old babysitter.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2021
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Sometimes, family and friends need to seek help for codependency.
—Michelle Pugle, Health, 23 Jan. 2023
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The vast majority of answers to help columns such as yours could point people to self-help programs on codependency.
—Annie Lane, oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2021
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They are trapped in codependency, addicted to the approval of people who are addicted to the power of withholding it.
—Daniel Lee, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021
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George isn’t in the closet anymore, but that only clears the table for some new issues, including her harmful streak of codependency.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2021
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But life, of course, is not so simple, and rarely has codependency been chronicled with such precision, such poignancy.
—Vogue, 29 May 2021
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Sarah Jo and Treina are trapped in a bubble of affection and a private cult of triangular codependency, one that’s centered on tales of men but that excludes them.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2022
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In the comedy variant of that sub-genre, the one-liners are as frequent as the explosions, and every altercation serves as code for bro-y codependency.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 3 May 2021
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High functioning codependency is being overly invested in the feeling states, the decisions, the outcomes of the people in your sphere.
—Forbes, 11 May 2021
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But Moore began to put her life back together, going to rehab for trauma, codependency and substance abuse.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2019
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In Kiesel’s case, looking after her brother as a kid has led to a tenuous and chaotic relationship with him over the years, fraught with bouts of estrangement and codependency.
—Cindy Lamothe, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2017
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For some of you, this is releasing codependency on people, situations, or patterns that no longer serve you.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2023
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For some of you, this is releasing codependency on people, situations, or patterns that no longer serve you.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
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Breaking a destructive codependency is so hard, sometimes others must strike the first severing blow for you.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 Dec. 2022
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The Shields women had a codependency that forced young Brooke into an early maturity.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 Jan. 2023
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Therapy at this point should focus on your own coping skills, as well as exploring concepts such as codependency.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2019
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People with poor boundaries usually have a high level of neediness (or in psych terms, codependency) and tend to struggle with the thought of rejection or being disliked.
—Stina Sanders, refinery29.com, 21 July 2021
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In subsequent years, codependency rhetoric moved from the addiction field into mainstream self-help culture.
—Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2024
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The two actors grew closer as filming went on, developing a friendship that bordered on codependency.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 10 Aug. 2022
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Julio struggles with codependency in both his family and his on-off relationship with his high school sweetheart Maggie (Michelle Ortiz).
—Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
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While codependency and social development is a challenge, now is a good time for people to address heart matters and redefine success.
—Pauleanna Reid, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
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That, plus shop owners’ dependence on artists’ rent, creates a fascinating codependency, says Sai Li, a local tattoo artist who is opening her own shop this summer.
—Carly Stern, SFChronicle.com, 30 June 2020
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But codependency is not a clinical diagnosis, and has been defined in many different ways.
—Sara Kuburic, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2022
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Ledger plays Dan, capturing the codependency and delusion of the character with devastating effect.
—Francisco Guzman and Saeed Ahmed, CNN, 22 Jan. 2020
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This can hold you back from mutually fulfilling relationships—and is also a trait of codependency.
—Sharon Kwon, SELF, 6 Aug. 2022
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