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Trauma, PTSD, Partners of Sex Addicts, & Confusion
Image: In the State of Confusion, DeviantArt, Miracle-WorkerThere's been an uptick in the talk about PTSD among partners of sex addicts lately. Bernadine and Gabriella have written about such terrors recently. Here's one symptom: I can't for the life...
Here\'s the Horse You Ordered. Did I?
Image: About That Gift Horse, by Donna Howell-SicklesI have said that the gift of divorce is individuation, which is true for me, but it is analogous to someone giving you a horse for Christmas. Horses are majestic, beautiful creatures, and riding th...
Codependents, Addicts, Birthdays and Holidays. Sux.
There are sex addicts, and addicts of all stripes, that get into recovery, do the work, and get sober. If you meet any of them, like over at The Second Road, hang around for awhile and soak up that kind of goodness, goodwill and hope. If you have a r...
The Only One Left In The Room & Unmanageability
I found my book! A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps: The Classic Guide for All People in the Process of Recovery Oddly enough, it was in a place I had already looked. I didn't see it then--but now I do. Another loss returned, and how much more gr...
Codependency, Addiction, Guilt, Shame, and a Reprieve
So I started surfing the web, looking for expert opinions about codependent guilt. What’s up with that? I need an expert to define and characterize what I’m feeling? Sheesh, if that isn’t codependent in and of itself! How other-focused can you ...
Magical Thinking Takes The Cake. A Win Out Of Losses.
"According to anthropologist Dr. Phillips Stevens Jr., magical thinking involves several elements, including a belief in the interconnectedness of all things through forces and powers that transcend both physical and spiritual connections. Magical th...
The Physiology of Sexual Addiction and Codependency
Because I have Google alerts for among other things, codependency, and sexual addiction, I was directed to Huffington Post 2X in the last few days. (Incidentally, if you sign up for the alerts in your own niche, you’ll find your own posts there on ...
Codependency and Grief. Loss and Gratitude.
For me, God is an uncertainty. I am comfortable with that uncertainty, yet still, I start my days on a wing with a prayer. Something responds. And it is that Something in which I place my trust. It matters not the who, or the Who, but the way I feel ...
Codependency and Acting In. Just Say No
Angels are people. Or people are angels, not sure which, or if it matters. An angel found my dog yesterday evening, bought food for her, took her to the local “free” pet clinic (I had left a poster there on a hunch, and it paid off), and then she...
I Know Nothing. What a Relief.
More questions than answers today. I've read some things that have intrigued me, and they are related to terms and phrases that don't lend themselves to googling. So, having decided that confusion is not something I should continue to display in this...
Codependency and Neediness - The Worst
We had a talk, the other night about Step 6 and character defects, or as Melody Beattie refers to them in Codependents' Guide to the Twelve Steps, “our protective devices.” My response was that I had spent my whole life being told I was bad and b...
What Others Have to Say. I'm not Lazy, Just Cautious
Rough night. Slept on the couch. No time for morning pages or a walk this morning. So maybe a post, but I really don’t trust myself, or my ability to string words together in a coherent or lyrical fashion. And when my computer let me down—another...
