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Generally Speaking => Power On => Topic started by: Pixie on December 13, 2007, 04:01:00 PM

Title: Codependency
Post by: Pixie on December 13, 2007, 04:01:00 PM
What does that mean?  Everyone keeps telling me in a complex way...
Title: Re: Codependency
Post by: bluaki on December 13, 2007, 04:03:22 PM
I think it means that you rely on others a lot/too much. It's the opposite of independent.
I really don't know though, it's just a guess >_>
Title: Re: Codependency
Post by: Jono2 on December 13, 2007, 04:09:53 PM
Main Entry: co·de·pen·den·cy
Pronunciation: -d&n-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cies
: a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological condition (as an addiction to alcohol or heroin)
Title: Re: Codependency
Post by: Kaz on December 13, 2007, 07:29:21 PM
Um, what's so difficult to understand about it?

Quote from: bluaki on December 13, 2007, 04:03:22 PM
I think it means that you rely on others a lot/too much. It's the opposite of independent.

So what happened to "dependent?"

lern eenglish plz

Quote from: Jono2 on December 13, 2007, 04:09:53 PM
Main Entry: co·de·pen·den·cy
Pronunciation: -d&n-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cies
: a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological condition (as an addiction to alcohol or heroin)

Yes.