Maybe we don’t need to go deeper into our codependency. We can, instead, march forward into our destinies.

react is important here. However you approach codependency, however you define it, and from whatever frame of reference you choose to diagnose and treat it, codependency is primarily a reactionary process. Codependents are reactionaries. They overreact. They under-react. But rarely do they act. They react to the problems, pains,

Not only can we lovingly detach from other people and take care of ourselves, it is our primary responsibility in life to do that.