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codependency

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codependency

An extreme dependency by one person on another who is suffering from an addiction. Common characteristics include low self-esteem coupled with a high need for approval. Not a formal psychiatric diagnosis, codependency is a psychological syndrome noted in relatives or partners of alcoholics or substance abusers.



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I'm starting, after all, with the sensational over the substantial, but the double point I mean to make holds generally: While such maneuvers have nothing to do with the manageably marketable object, neither can Art Fair Artists be said to be squeamish when it comes to the touchy codependency of art and commerce, or the PR game they play like a hand of cards.
The rapidly shifting dynamics of passive-aggressive codependency shape her pleas to "go to/couple's counseling" with America to "talk about/ all this / bad energy," followed by the self-annihilation of the desperate wannabe girlfriend: "oh america i love you/i just want to/go on a date with you/and you won't even give me/the time of day.
It limns both the conflicts and the codependency between freewheeling innovators and hidebound institutions, both governmental and private.
 
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