The Two Codependent Personalities: Why You Need To Know About Both

Codependency has two types, not one — the underempowered people pleaser AND the overempowered controller society celebrates as strong. Both run the same unhealed childhood wound from opposite extremes.

Kenny Weiss breaks down the two codependent personality types most programs fail to separate. Using the Worst Day Cycle™ (Trauma → Fear → Shame → Denial), he explains how the underempowered gets stuck in fear and shame — becoming the people pleaser — while the overempowered gets stuck in denial,