They overlap but aren’t identical. Codependency is more about over-functioning in relationships — managing others’ emotions, sacrificing your needs, building identity around being needed. Anxious attachment is more about the fear of disconnection itself: chronic uncertainty about whether you’re safe or about to be left. Many people experience both.
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About the Author: Jennifer Breslow, LCAT, LPC, LPAT, ATR-BC®
Jennifer Breslow, LCAT, LPC, LPAT, ATR-BC, is an art therapist and psychotherapist providing online therapy to adults in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She loves working with people who are struggling with anxiety, want to have more meaningful relationships, and are dealing with life transitions including grief and loss.
