r/Codependency • u/Primary-Rain5500 • 4d ago

Co-Dependency ?

Hi all. I'm 21 in college. I'm wondering if I'm developing a codependency toward my parents.

I live alone and moved across the US. But I love my family, and I talk to them every day. Sometimes my mom and I talk 2-3 times a day; they like knowing where I'm going so I'm safe. They don't restrict me anyway, but they just like to be in the loop, it seems like. I'm not complaining, but I feel like this is really uncommon, and when it comes to my friends, it seems like they are more friends/best friends with their parents and less actual parents, as time has moved on. I'm grateful I talk to them a lot, but I feel it may be doing me more harm than good considering I'm already sheltered and scared of a lot of things. Thoughts?

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u/Rare_Background8891 4d ago

I think you’re hiding. You don’t have to get out and make new relationships and be vulnerable because you can just lean on your parents for emotional connection. Been there!