Serenity Prayer for Codependents

[Alexa]

I have codedependency issues, but I am recovering. Codependency is a trauma-coping behavior system that we develop while growing up in dysfunctional family systems. It includes the need to try to change the people who do not respond to us in ways that we desire. It is possible to recover from co-dependency. I have made big strides in my own process. But it is still a process.

Here is the Serenity Prayer for Co-dependents. I often use it after I get off the phone with my mother and need to get re-centered and take my power (and sanity!) back.


Serenity Prayer for Co-dependents
God, Grant me the Serenity to accept the things and people I cannot change,
The courage to change the person I can,
And the wisdom to know it's me.

I love the twist it carries on the traditional serenity prayer. It is just right for me during "those" times!

[Carolyn G]

[Cleone]

I found a great grounding exercise that I have just read about and it came at wonderful timing and I hope it's helpful for you as well.
I learned this a few days after I got into it with my Mom.
I felt that keeping things bottled up and letting them out was a good thing.
However I have learned that I was just opening up for negative energies to enter me and I had two days of exhaustion, anger, Frustration and so on.

After reading this section form The Emerging DreamHealer by the 19 year old Healer Adam
(I highly recommened the book) I thought what's wrong with me and I did the grounding and breathing exercise and what a difference it made. (Got my Sanity back!)

My gosh this was the third time this last month were other peoples energies have done something physical and mentally to me and without a clue my moods would switch from positive to negative in moments.
As I was helping friends I later would be upset and in a bad mood not being aware just helping others can drain you as well.

This stems from the fact that my beliefs are not sometimes what others want to belief.
Although raised to think negative and talk about everyone as my family has done for centuries I'm sure, They are not my beliefs, Well I'm learning Ha Ha.

Thank you so much for the prayer, It's awesome!

Cleone

[Bridget Ann Orman]

thank you for sharing these things with us, i can relate to the symptons you describe but never really acknowledged it as something i was doing, now i can deal with it along with knowing there is hope through the other side. love the prayer. Big Hugs just for you dear sister

[Marianne ~E~]

Thanks so very much.

Marianne (grateful)

[Allie]

I've never heard this one before. And the wisdom to know it's me. A very good mantra.
Allie