Putting it out there...

[ash48]

Pondering this lately because I've been warning to write something about this ('cause of reasons…). Are Sam and Dean actually codependent? Zachariah said they were and they are often referred to by fans as codependent (both negatively and positively). But are they?



of or relating to a relationship in which one person is physically or psychologically addicted, as to alcohol or gambling, and the other person is psychologically dependent on the first in an unhealthy way.

excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner, typically a partner who requires support due to an illness or addiction.

1. Mutually dependent.
2. Of or relating to a relationship in which one person is psychologically dependent in an unhealthy way on someone who is addicted to a drug or self-destructive behavior, such as chronic gambling.



So is codependency the right word for their relationship? Just curious...

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[ash48.livejournal.com]

Oh hi!

I would say so too. And interchangeable I think.

I've heard this terms used for twins I know - but I think it wasn't meant in the way its defined in text books (or, on line…). I felt like it was used meaning they can't live without each other - or can't do anything without the others approval etc. I wonder if that's the way fandom sometimes uses it too.

I know I'm psychologically addicted to both of them!

[bythedamned.livejournal.com]

Hi :) totally delayed here, but I do think that's how fandom uses the word. and I kind of think, who cares what some psychologist defined it as 60 years ago? Times change, words change, and this is what codependent means now :)