i8mypaint
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Most nurses are caretakers, some of us are classic enablers and codependent, it is a blurry line we walk. What starts out in the beginning as being totally supportive and giving becomes abused by the sociopaths we can attract. When we care for patients they are entitled to all our compassion no matter how abhorrent their behavior. I had to learn NOT to be this way in my personal life and to insist on a partner who gave to the relationship as well. As assertive as I was at work, it is extremely hard to maintain that personally when your partner is an abuser and user of you. MOO
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Codependency is rough!! I am a codependent through and through. Just my two cents: I was a chef, in charge of a full kitchen staff of mostly males and stood my ground with no hesitation.... that being said, I would go home and get the crap beat out of me most nights. I was codependent with my abusive ex, and I enabled him. So at work I was one person, but at home it was a horror story.
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