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I had not realized that what I thought was a calm and relaxed life was merely the tip of what the true meaning is. After raising my children and trying to maintain sanity within our family household, I finally learned what living a relaxed life is. I enjoyed being a wife and raising my children. It’s just that when you are in that role there barely is any “me” time to think about relaxing.

woman walking away, breaking up with sad manAD_images/Pixabay. Rejection and breaking-up are especially hard for codependents — even when the relationship was abusive! It can take longer to get over a breakup, sometimes years, for even a short relationship. Codependents have difficulty letting go. Breakups affect our self-esteem more than it does for people who are secure and confident. This is because breakups trigger hidden grief and cause irrational guilt, anger, shame, and fear.