Anita: You have been incredibly helpful and offered perspectives I haven’t even thought of. I think I have little puzzle pieces of advice, I just have to put them together and this may take time and experience to do so.

Jeena: I believe I’ve had co-dependent tendencies in the past, but I’ve worked with more than one counselor and tried to be mindful about those habits. I’m currently estranged from my mother and don’t have a very close relationship with my dad and step-mom, so with my other interpersonal relationships, I will admit I have a fear of losing people I care about. But, as I said I’ve been working on this. For example, I turned down meeting my boyfriend tonight to go to a yoga class I wanted to go to and suggested meeting another night that works for us. I also go out of my way to do things alone on purpose (another example: I’ll be in San Diego completely alone next week, just because I want to visit the city).