Do you feel like you constantly put other people’s needs before your own? Do you put all your time and energy into supporting other people and putting your own needs on the back burner? Do you focus more on the support you believe other people need and have everyone leaning on you and then find it hard to find someone to rely on when you need help yourself? These are all traits of a codependent person and can eventually lead to your own needs not being met, creating unhealthy relationship dynamics and depletion of your feelings of self-worth. Although you may have the best intentions, being codependent makes unhealthy boundaries and your own needs being pushed to the side most of the time.Are you codependent? Take this quiz now to find out.
1. Do you feel like you strive to always have approval from others?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Sometimes
2. Does your self worth depend on what others think of you or does it come from within?
A. Comes from within
B. From what others think
C. Both, but probably more from what others think
3. Do you have a tendency to minimize your own needs or push them to the side in order to keep the peace or to help someone else?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Sometimes
4. Do you feel anxious or guilty when you do something for yourself?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Sometimes
5. Do you often take on more than you can handle either at work to get approval from others or in relationships in order to lighten someone else’s burden?
A. Yes
B. Sometimes
C. No
6. Does your mood reflect other people’s emotions or your own?
A. My own
B. Other people’s
C. A little bit of both
7. Do you have overwhelming fears of rejection or abandonment?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Sometimes
8. Do your relationships often leave you feeling unfulfilled or like a doormat?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Sometimes
9. Did you grow up with one or more adults in your household with an alcohol or drug problem?
A. No
B. Yes
C. I don’t think so
10. Have you dated anyone with a drug or alcohol problem in the past?
A. No
B. Yes
C. I don’t think so
