Go Unlimited with Magzter GOLD
Get unlimited access to 10,000+ magazines, newspapers and Premium stories for just
Try GOLD - Free
BREAK THE SHACKLES
Femina
|July 2021
If your relationship is helpful and caring but onesided, then you might be in a co-dependent relationship.
Co-dependency is a result of a complex dynamic between the environments, the individual and is also a result of inter-generational trauma. We are now seeing a generation going through more mental illnesses than before, lacking the much needed coping responses and falling prey to co-dependent relationships as a way to feel better about them. Clinical psychologist Dr Prerna Kohli, founder of MindTribe.in, tells more about this type of relationship and how to recognise if you are in one, and how to outgrow it.
Are You In A Co-Dependent Relationship?
In such relationships, there is always one individual, who plays the role of the caregiver while the other keeps depending on this person for his or her needs. This type of relationship is highly turbulent, chaotic and yet gives us a feeling of being loved.
This story is from the July 2021 edition of Femina.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM Femina
Femina
TELLING THE UNTOLD STORIES
Author Dr TANUSHREE GHOSH speaks to Kayal Arivalan about her new book Queer Chronicles and why fiction is key to understanding LGBTQIA+ experiences
1 mins
August - September 2025
Femina
LETTING LOVE LEAVE
Prachi Rijhwani details the signs that it's time to let go of someone you might still love
1 mins
August - September 2025
Femina
MAKE YOUR CLOTHES WORK FOR YOU
Harness the productive connectivity between your clothes and your work.
3 mins
August - September 2025
Femina
ON A SOUR-BUT HAPPY - NOTE!
We've known it forever, but it seems the humble imli has also come into its own in the culinary world. Now being incorporated into health bars and functional foods, tamarind is being hailed for its nutritional content and its ability to enhance flavour. We like it!
6 mins
August - September 2025
Femina
"UGH, I HATE HOW I LOOK!"
If the title to this feature is a sentence that goes off in your head every time you stand in front of the mirror, you need to keep reading. No, this is not your run-of-the-mill self-love spiel that will magically change your self-image by the end. It won't. And it definitely won't silence the voices that have told you to fix, hide, and erase parts of you deemed “too much” or “not enough”. What it will do is offer something rare: a reason, however small, to stop waging war with your reflection, and feel a little better about coming home to the person who's been there all along. You.
7 mins
August - September 2025
Femina
You Do Your Hue
Parul Karn speaks to experts to help teens understand their skin, glow-up trends, the pressure to blend in, and the power of standing out by looking like yourself
4 mins
August - September 2025
Femina
STICK ON YOUR NUTRIENTS
Vitamin patches are the newest Insta-worthy trend. Ravina M Sachdev finds out if they work
1 mins
August - September 2025
Femina
SCALING NEW HEIGHTS
Chennai-based entrepreneur, philanthropist and mountaineer VIDYA SINGH shares her historic Kilimanjaro summit with Kayal Arivalan
2 mins
August - September 2025
Femina
CHENNAI'S CHIC NEW HOSPITALITY ADDRESS
PULLMAN CHENNAI ANNA SALAI is not just another luxury hotel - it is a refreshing chapter in the city's evolving hospitality story
2 mins
August - September 2025
Femina
HELP YOUR CHILD GROW UP Body Positive
Helping your child develop a healthy body image is no longer optional, it’s essential, write Kayal Arivalan
3 mins
August - September 2025
Translate
Change font size