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Podcast: The Codependummy Podcast
Episode: The Absence of Needs
Description: -How and why do codependents often try to NOT have needs? -What do defense mechanisms like suppression have to do with neglecting our needs? -If you suppress your needs, what can you do to stop and start honoring them? Welcome to Episode 168! In this episode, I will share about my futile attempt to not have needs, especially in my marriage, in the first few weeks of motherhood! Tell me I’m codependent without telling me I’m codependent: I pretended to not have needs! You’ll hear me discuss defense mechanisms then expand on one...