How My Codependent Friend Escaped a Bad Romance
5 min readJan 7, 2020
“The greatest hallmark of codependency is that someone else decides how you feel about yourself.” — Noel Bell
For as long as I’ve known “Greg” he’s had an aversion to relationships while at the same time desiring love. He finally got his first relationship and while I was very happy for him, I wasn’t so happy when I heard some of the traits of his partner.