What Causes Codependency In Adulthood

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Codependency Codependency has been known to be cause by many factors. Three factors that have been known to cause codependency are abuse, neglect and/or abandonment. These three factors are normally incidents that happen in a child’s life, and the family upbringing tends to be dysfunctional. Abuse can come in many types of forms including sexual, verbal and/or physical abuse. These factors are known to cause codependency in adulthood. As an adult, this type of abuse tends to make the person feel worthy through other people and their words and actions towards them. They depend on people and determine their self-worth upon this. When a child is abused in any way shape or form, they feel they are not worthy, and this leads them to depend
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