A person who is codependent will plan their entire life around pleasing the other person, or the enabler. In its simplest terms, a codependent relationship is when one partner needs the other partner, who in turn, needs to be needed.

What is codependency in a woman?

Codependency is the diagnosis when the behavior of “helping out” becomes compulsive and defeating. They continue to build their life around taking care of someone else at the complete expense of themselves and become a martyr.