Codependency with Parents: When Mom Lives Your Life

She isn't mean. She just doesn't know where she ends and you begin.

Codependency is often linked to romantic relationships. But it can involve parents too—especially mothers. When mom lives your life. When she knows what you had for breakfast. When she calls five times a day. When she decides your job, your partners, your home. And when you feel guilty for not obeying.

This isn't care. This is fusion. When the lines between you are blurred. She doesn't see you as a separate person. She sees you as an extension of herself. And you've grown up not knowing where you end and she begins.