Coaching practices for How Do You Know If You Are Codependent

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• When I’m overwhelmed I just clamp down and handle it by myself in silence, even with my partner right there
• We keep having the same fight on a loop
• We have the exact same fight on a loop
• Every fight with my partner feels like the same fight, and I can list exactly what they do wrong every time
• The closer someone gets, the more I suddenly feel crowded and start noticing everything wrong with them, and my move is to go quiet and bury myself in work

Practices that may help

1. Shift from one-person to two-person psychology
   Stop managing your distress alone and start managing it together.
   Secure-Functioning Relationships
2. Understand the cycle you’re both in -- not just what your partner does
   The anxious-avoidant cycle is a loop both partners create together, not a problem one person causes.
   The Anxious-Avoidant Trap: Why Opposites Attract and Then Struggle
3. Identify and name your negative cycle
   Every stuck couple has a predictable escalation pattern -- naming it lets you step outside it.
   Emotionally Focused Therapy: Sue Johnson's Framework for Lasting Bond Repair
4. Identifying your role in the cycle
   Honestly map whether you are primarily a demander or a withdrawer — and what your partner’s role is.
   The Demand-Withdraw Pattern: Breaking the Pursue-Retreat Cycle
5. Notice and soften avoidant deactivation
   For avoidant patterns, catch the urge to withdraw and stay engaged a little longer.
   Attachment Theory, Made Usable
6. Excavating the underlying needs on both sides
   Find what the demand and the withdrawal are each protecting — and address those needs directly.
   The Demand-Withdraw Pattern: Breaking the Pursue-Retreat Cycle
7. Recognize your demon dialogue -- the negative cycle running your relationship
   Every stuck couple has a predictable negative loop; naming it together is the first step out.
   Hold Me Tight: Sue Johnson's Seven Conversations for Lasting Love
8. Identify your attachment pattern
   Recognize whether you lean secure, anxious, avoidant, or disorganized under relational stress.
   Attachment Theory, Made Usable
9. Naming the cycle out loud together
   Learn to narrate the demand-withdraw cycle while it is happening rather than after.
   The Demand-Withdraw Pattern: Breaking the Pursue-Retreat Cycle
10. State needs directly rather than testing for them
    Testing your partner for responsiveness is an attachment behavior that reliably produces the opposite of what you need.
    The Anxious-Avoidant Trap: Why Opposites Attract and Then Struggle

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