I've been reading this forum for 9 years now. There is one user in the f&f section who seems obsessed with the idea that anyone who loves or tries to understand/help a partner with their gambling problem must immediately be "Co-dependant" and directs them with absolute certainty to the Coda website.
Whilst I appreciate she probably was, it is quite irritating to tar anyone who reaches out with concerns with the same large-stroke brush. I don't want to point this out though as it would probably be considered trolling. But is there anyway I can message her to make her aware of it?
My point being, it's like a mantra of "You feel a little sad? Right, you are clinically depressed!" It over-eggs the pudding for posters who have come here to get advice. "Co-dependency" is a DSMV mental illness, very acute and chronic; whilst "I care about my partner's problems and I'd like to find a way to help them and understand why they keep making terrible emotional decisions" - is probably a healthy response when you care about someone.
Her knee-j**k default position of assuming everyone is like her has become a bit problematic. I don't want to point it out on her thread though.
Thanks.
Max
I'm uncertain as to why you feel the need to put CW right.
She is one of the few people on here who has actually put any real work into her recovery.
99% of the advice on here is generic, nah vacuous, but here is a poster with genuine insight & wise advice.
Should we personally message the posters who give the advice of joining a self exclusion scheme as the answer to addiction? Or reading the worst book on addiction ever as a means for freedom?
Or should we maybe listen to people who have actually done what they needed to do rather than what they were prepared to?
Maybe some reflection for the OP along the lines of..,,
Just for today I will be agreeable. I will talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit, not find fault with anything, and not try to improve or regulate anybody except myself.
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When you think about it, it may be a good thing that CW introduces the concept to each person, so in turn they may visit the CODA website and have a look into it, from there they can decide for themselves if further exploration is required or not?
Nothing wrong with a bit of 'food for thought'?
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