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The Truth About Codependency: Why It’s Not Empathy, It’s Survival w/ Dr. Sarah Michaud

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You think you’re being helpful. Supportive. Loyal. But what if you’re actually just terrified of being abandoned? Codependency isn’t about caring too much — it’s about losing yourself to survive.

Dr. Sarah Michaud is a psychologist and author of Co-Crazy. Despite years of sobriety and a successful therapy practice, Sarah found herself trapped in a toxic relationship in recovery — a painful experience that finally forced her to confront the deep, unhealed trauma she didn’t even realize was still running the show.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

  • Codependency isn’t selflessness — it’s a survival response wired by emotional neglect, fear, and unresolved trauma
  • The myth of being “fine”: how high-functioning codependents stay sober, help others, and still avoid their deepest pain
  • Why we mistake fear-based caretaking for empathy — and how to finally tell the difference
  • The grief of healing: letting go of relationships that only worked when we didn’t express needs or take up space
  • What real recovery from codependency looks like — beyond insight, beyond sobriety, and deep into the body

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💨Breathe to Heal: A Somatic Journey to Reclaim Your Inner Child: Early Bird Pricing through July 10th - get your damn spot now!

You think you’re being helpful. Supportive. Loyal. But what if you’re actually just terrified of being abandoned? Codependency isn’t about caring too much — it’s about losing yourself to survive.

Dr. Sarah Michaud is a psychologist and author of Co-Crazy. Despite years of sobriety and a successful therapy practice, Sarah found herself trapped in a toxic relationship in recovery — a painful experience that finally forced her to confront the deep, unhealed trauma she didn’t even realize was still running the show.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

  • Codependency isn’t selflessness — it’s a survival response wired by emotional neglect, fear, and unresolved trauma
  • The myth of being “fine”: how high-functioning codependents stay sober, help others, and still avoid their deepest pain
  • Why we mistake fear-based caretaking for empathy — and how to finally tell the difference
  • The grief of healing: letting go of relationships that only worked when we didn’t express needs or take up space
  • What real recovery from codependency looks like — beyond insight, beyond sobriety, and deep into the body

⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️

https://theshitshow.mn.co

  • 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST)
  • Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat

📰SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER

👩HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱

www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild

🛍️SHITSHOW MERCH🛍️

www.adultchildpodcast.com/shop

🎙️NEW TO THE POD🎙️

How I learned I was an Adult Child - The Tale of 2 Brians

THE LAUNDRY LIST - Common Characteristics of an Adult Child

Follow Andrea on social

www.instagram.com/adultchildpod

www.tiktok.com/@adultchildpod

https://www.youtube.com/@adultchildpod

⚠️Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code ADULTCHILD for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com


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