Long-term life with a person addicted to, for example, alcohol, drugs, gambling determines the development and consolidation of adaptive reactions to a given situation. It is a natural reaction designed to facilitate survival in difficult conditions. Take the online test and find out if you can be co-addicted.
The life of an addict revolves only around the object of addiction, and the life of a co-addicted person revolves around the addicted person.This mechanism makes the co-addicted person completely forget about their own needs, of which very much often unaware. Unfortunately, in many cases it ends up with more or less damage to your mental he alth.
A co-addicted person, as a result of subordinating his life to an addicted person, pushes his dreams, feelings and ambitions to the background. This can lead to:
- development of insomnia,
- depressed,
- anxiety states,
- suicidal thoughts,
- many other dangerous and harmful he alth consequences.