Codependency

I feel compelled or forced to help other people solve their problems (i.e. offering unwanted advice).

I try to control events and how other people should behave.

I become afraid to let other people be who they are and allow events to happen naturally.

I feel ashamed of who I am.

I try to control events and people through helplessness, guilt, coercion, threats, advice-giving, manipulation, or domination.

I worry about having stomach, liver, bowel or bladder problems.

I am preoccupied with the idea that my body is failing me.

I feel compelled or forced to help other people solve their problems (i.e. offering advice).

I feel that my general health is poor compared with my family and friends.

I put on a happy face when I am really sad or angry.

I keep my feelings to myself and put up a good front.

I feel ill and run down

I hide myself so that no one really knows me.

I keep my emotions under tight control

When I was growing up, my family didn't talk openly about problems.

I have stomach, bladder or bowel trouble.

I pick on myself for everything, including the way I think, feel, look, act and behave.

I push painful thoughts and feelings out of my awareness.

I grew up in a family that was troubled, unfeeling, chemically dependent or overwrought with problems.

My family expressed feelings and affection openly when I was growing up.

I blame myself for everything too much.

I am unhappy now about the way my family coped with problems when I was growing up.

I am unhappy about the way my family communicated when I was growing up.

I feel humiliated or embarrassed.

I hate myself.