Can Codependency Be Healed

There’s an epidemic going on behind the scenes in many relationships…
and experts say that it’s literally impossible to overcome.

Without awareness, this phenomenon runs in the background of the way we relate to one another,
causing problems like stress, anxiety — digestive and hormonal issues — all the way to attachment issues and push/pull dynamics.

This dynamic is responsible for abuse and often leads to death.

This phenomenon is Co-Dependency.

It’s part of the toxic dynamics at the root of why Marie felt stuck in her relationship wondering “should I stay or go?”.

When she reached out to me, her relationship had reached a boiling point where she realized it wasn’t good for her.

But she just couldn’t get out.

It would go into cycles where she just couldn’t break free.

She had taken a lot of courses, done a lot of work, but hadn’t yet dealt with the most important part:

THE TRAUMA BOND THAT IS HELD IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM LEVEL.

Unless you address THAT then yes, it’s impossible to heal.

Mari was in a year long course that was extremely helpful, but it didn’t address the Trauma Bond:

The unresolved wounds hiding in our shadow that are responsible for the addiction to the cycle.
This causes guilt to hard-wire us to remain a prisoner and a slave to it.

The unresolved guilt is the prison.

I talk to a lot of people who say they’re ready to heal.
Many aren’t.
But something was different about Marie.
She was committed to breaking the cycle of the trauma bond she was living.

I knew we could help her get the outcome she wanted — which experts say is impossible.

Can Co-Dependency be healed?

The answer is, it’s impossible for certain people, yes.
But when you’re truly committed, you CAN heal from Co-Dependency.
If you’re committed to breaking the Trauma Bond that was there long before your relationship was.
If you’re committed to being a Cyclebreaker.

The biggest obstacle in the way is the pre-occupation with what the other person doing.
The hope that THEY do the work for us.
The guilt for taking care of our OWN health and well being first.

Letting the “I don’t deserve this” take over.

If we don’t step through that — and keep complaining about how the other person is behaving,
looking for validation, then no, we can’t heal from that place of victimhood.

The work is ours to do.
When we do, we return home to ourselves.

When we do, it’s FELT by the way we see ourselves and speak to ourselves.
The shame turns to pride.
The guilt turns to acceptance.

Just listen to how Marie describes her transformation.

If this resonates with you I have a 3 hour workshop replay that’s up for the next 48 hours to show you the path to breaking this cycle that we took Marie through. (DM me to get link)

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Dr. Nima Rahmany is a retired Chiropractor and interpersonal trauma specialist studying and teaching principles of healing mind and body.

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Dr. Nima Rahmany

Dr. Nima Rahmany is a retired Chiropractor and interpersonal trauma specialist studying and teaching principles of healing mind and body.