Intimacy is a deep and meaningful kind of sharing between two people.

Codependents focus in pleasing others and deny their own needs, or avoid being close to others to keep from being hurt.

The two sides of codependence are obsessing about the needs of others and avoiding others.

Enmeshment is a condition in which a person becomes obsessed with the needs of another person and no longer can recognize his or her own needs.

Interdependence is a condition in which two people depend upon on another, yet each has a separate identity.

People who are codependent have difficulty with intimacy.

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