Lucy, we will call her to protect her identity, had a co-dependent relationship with her mom. Her mom had long been the rescuer of Lucy and Lucy, admittedly, had long been the victim needing rescuing. This dynamic strained their relationship. Lucy shared that her mom didn’t trust her, expected her to mess up and wasn’t proud of her. As Lucy continued down the road of recovery, she decided that she wanted to improve her relationship with her mom. Lucy wanted to become self-sufficient so that her mom could move beyond the rescuing role. Lucy longed to have a healthy mother-daughter relationship and owned that her past behaviors contributed to a dysfunctional way of relating.You may have a similar situation where
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