Quotes by : Mary Crocker Cook

Few men realize how much of their lives are lived in pursuit of the values our culture has traditionally....

At its heart, Codependency is a set of behaviors developed to manage the anxiety that comes when our....

With intimacy comes the possibility of “engulfment” or being taken hostage by the demands of others.....

This dissociation from the body extends to emotional disengagement. Without access to his feelings a....

Anxiously attached Codependents demonstrate the ability to maximize the attention they get from their....

Avoiding awareness of our own reality is often an attempt to deny thoughts, desires, or intentions that....

We will martyr ourselves, suffering under the weight of a non-reciprocal relationship until some part....

When our caregivers are unavailable, most of time it has nothing to do with LOVE for the child, however,....

When we are anxiously attached, our inability to trust the intentions and behaviors of others will often....

The masculine ideal of perfection creates a hyper-sensitivity to any nuance of imperfection. Any man....