How to End a Codependent Relationship

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Recognize your choices.. Be firm in leaving.. Have a talk.

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Steps

1

Recognize your choices.

Step 1

Recognize your choices.

2

Be firm in leaving.

Step 2

Be firm in leaving.

3

Have a talk.

Step 3

Have a talk.

4

Act calmly.

Step 4

Act calmly.

5

Express your feelings.

Step 5

Express your feelings.

6

Set limits.

Step 6

Set limits.

7

Think about what the relationship fulfilled for you.

Step 7

Think about what the relationship fulfilled for you.

8

Work through feelings of abandonment.

Step 8

Work through feelings of abandonment.

9

Validate your own self-worth.

Step 9

Validate your own self-worth.

10

Meet your own needs.

Step 10

Meet your own needs.

11

Create physical distance.

Step 11

Create physical distance.

12

Process your feelings.

Step 12

Process your feelings.

13

Accept your grief.

Step 13

Accept your grief.

14

Seek social support.

Step 14

Seek social support.

15

Go to therapy.

Step 15

Go to therapy.

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