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By: Brian Murray, LMHC, NCC A codependent is a person who has an unhealthy relational attachment to another person. It is also referred to as relationship or love addiction. Codependency was born out of the addiction field as someone who is an enabler of an addicted person. They get this way as they believe there is something they fix, rescue or control that will translate into the love they so desperately seek. The addicted person takes advantage of this need by using the codependent as a resource. This “resourcing” is provided in many forms such as food, housing, and money just to name a few. The term codependent has since morphed into identifying anyone who remains involved in an unhealthy relationship. This unhealthy attachment is due to some underlying fear that they will lose love or ultimately be alone. Once these feelings materialize, the codependent begins to do things to control relational outcomes. Codependency is a learned behavior that typically stems from childhood ...

 By: Brian Murray, LMHC, NCC   Covid has created a psychological mind storm since breaking out nearly a year ago. Counseling for anxiety searches on Google tripled in just one-month last March and continues to dominate as one of the leading mental health searches. Anxiety is closely followed by depression as a mental health concern. It shows that after Covid arrived in the United States there was an upheaval in people trying to get a handle on anxiety. Anxiety is a natural response our mind produces that basically gives us two choices which is fight or flight. When we feel cornered and there is no escape, we tend to fight. If we have options to escape, we tend to flee. Panic which is also a form of anxiety is when we feel like we can do neither and feel trapped with no way out. Covid has certainly created all three of these types of anxiety scenarios. If we are to flee then we isolate and avoid others and try to shrink ourselves to the threat. To fight may mean we jo...