It is important to understand how anxiety and addiction are related and the ways they affect each other. By understanding this relationship, we can begin to acknowledge the importance of dual-diagnosis treatment of co-occurring disorders.
Do you exist without the presence of your family, loved one, or significant other? What can you say about your identity that has no relation to them whatsoever? Are you truly your own person? Non-codependent relationships involve healthy people who exist and have value without predetermined notions from the relationship attributing to such value. Learn how to combat this unhealthy type of relationship through establishing love, value, and ultimately, identity for the self.