What is “codependency” or a “codependent relationship” and how is it different or unhealthier than normal human relations where we depend on each other to survive?

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What is “codependency” or a “codependent relationship” and how is it different or unhealthier than normal human relations where we depend on each other to survive?

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Codependent relationships are unhealthy because it’s one person neglecting their own needs often to enable another persons bad behavior/mental illness. Like if a person were dating a narcissist and rather than be put off by their narcissism and set healthy boundaries they bent over backwards to accommodate them.