Heal Your Codependency with Marshall Burtcher
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Emotional Perfectionism: Making sure you feel the "right" things, not the real things
Emotional Perfectionism, Part One: Making sure you feel the "right" things, not the real things
I define emotional perfectionism as the rigid habit of feeling what one "should feel" in order to satisfy the real or perceived expectations of others.
It is a sub-type of General Perfectionism, where behaviors and expressions are tailored to meet external expectations. This is a codependency behavior designed to help procure safety, belonging, and worth.
Emotional perfectionism shows up as:
- Ignoring what you actually feel and forcing yourself to feel differently about something
- Saying you feel one way, but you actually feel differently
- Showing up a particular way so others won't be upset or bothered in some way
- Shutting down your feelings and putting on a "happy face"
- Trying to heal your emotions so you feel the "right way"
What is actually needed:
- Meeting ourselves as we are
- Understanding and seeing our emotional experiences as how we feel about the thing/circumstance/experience
- Believing that what we feel isn't wrong and doesn't really need changing. It needs to be known and valued as it is
- Sharing what we feel in clear, kind, direct ways with people that receive it with warmth
- Letting ourselves breathe emotionally
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FOUNDATION: To exit the survival phase of codependency and enter real healing and creation, you must develop emotional safety, social belonging, and independent self worth. I call these the Three Necessities, and they are what causes your body to start advocating instead of functioning from codependency. You cannot have peace, freedom, healthy relationships with these solidly in place.
Foundation guides you step-by-step in creating real emotional safety, belonging, and self-worth over 15 weeks. If you're ready to be done with the pain, shame, and chaos codependency brings to your life, start here.
Get details and your seat here: foundation.freetheself.com
THE CODEPENDENCY HEALING SYSTEM: Neglect and abuse left you with massive gaps in your life, especially in how you trust yourself, care for your needs, your relational skills, and the necessary experience to create expertise in these areas. This is the big work of growing into your adulthood.
Your ability to thrive depends on detecting and filling these gaps using real-time support, comprehensive training, and a living community to practice and experiment in. The Codependency Healing System delivers this.
Only 100 students are admitted annually.
Enrollment opens July and February each year.
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  • @sanarr1
    @sanarr1 Годину тому

    Thank you so much. Each one of these videos are a blessing.

  • @godzillamanstreb524
    @godzillamanstreb524 3 години тому

    This is so good …..will be on replay when I have a set-back….ty Marshall

  • @ericajones9004
    @ericajones9004 2 дні тому

    Real question: I married my high school sweetheart and we have two boys. I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason, and I knew I'd marry someone with 2 J's in their name and go to prom with them (we have been together for 22 years, married for 13). I grew up in a co-dependent household.. lots of generational trauma, I'm trying to process and heal from etc. I never really did feel accepted as a child - I abandoned myself in the 5th grade and am learning to find myself again & heal the wounds. Anyway..... That being said, I met someone who was doing construction on our house who happens to be a guy, and my perception of him is that he belongs to himself. He is authentic, free, and lives and loves life. He taught me this just through him being himself. Over the course of time we talked a few hours, and I felt this overwhelming feeling of "THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN MISSING" - Is it the feeling that I wish I belonged to myself?! Or just that I found someone who I finally feel seen/I see them, and feel a belonging to. This is very raw right now because my husband and I had a conversation around whether or not we thought it was appropriate or not for me to stay in touch with this person through phone calls - verdict (my husband said no - because it would lead me down a path of getting emotionally close and therefore lead to cheating). Which to me, feels like I finally find someone with whom I feel that sense of belonging - but the real question is; "Can I find that sense of belonging just with myself?" And then, the bigger question is - - -well then why do we need community? Apparently married people can't have friends with people of the opposite sex, (or the gender that they are married to). help.

  • @muzjikstb
    @muzjikstb 3 дні тому

    This is a beautiful video. Thank you Marshall

  • @stephanieg4950
    @stephanieg4950 7 днів тому

    Excellent

  • @Jekaniah-jm7gq
    @Jekaniah-jm7gq 10 днів тому

    Ohh yes. I relate to this. The creative stage is where I am at, and it brings up so much for me on an entirely different level, and it’s shown up my emotional perfectionionism. I’m glad that I am where I am at, because I’m learning through the relationships that I am enjoying. At times it’s confrontational to me. And I’m ok with that. Thank you for putting the video together, Marshall. It’s a great support.

  • @MarticaMM916
    @MarticaMM916 10 днів тому

    I needed to hear this today… I separated from my husband a few weeks ago and I find myself pushing my emotions away feeling. Saying to myself things like “there’s no use to you crying over something you can’t change.” Then I feel guilt and shame about it… my heart is in so much pain, but I just can’t go back to someone who has no respect for me or my wellbeing. Thank you Marshal, you’ve become a very important part of my healing.❤️‍🩹

  • @Jekaniah-jm7gq
    @Jekaniah-jm7gq 10 днів тому

    I’m uncomfortable and I’m totally ok with that.

  • @Palagas
    @Palagas 10 днів тому

    Oh im really in this one.. right on.. ty

  • @angelanicoletti3330
    @angelanicoletti3330 13 днів тому

    Thank you Marshall.

  • @MarticaMM916
    @MarticaMM916 14 днів тому

    I love this blunt cake series. Its saving my life!! Thank you! Thank you!❤

  • @tierrayoungblood3427
    @tierrayoungblood3427 15 днів тому

    THANK You

  • @MarticaMM916
    @MarticaMM916 17 днів тому

    I don’t know how your channel hasn’t gone viral yet.. your work is incredible! You have helped me more than you’ll ever know. Thank you Marshal.

  • @MarticaMM916
    @MarticaMM916 22 дні тому

    This was incredibly helpful. I’m going to keep playing this every time I get into the fantasy of who I want him to be, who I thought he was. Thank you Marshal.

  • @emilyfriess4955
    @emilyfriess4955 23 дні тому

    Hope this gets popular, going through a co-dependent relationship and I really needed to hear some of these things. Thank you, definitely subscribing. Keep it up please ❤

  • @godzillamanstreb524
    @godzillamanstreb524 24 дні тому

    This is a crux of my codependency….. I have the constant urge to ‘make toxic relationships work’……I need this , ty

  • @DAClub-uf3br
    @DAClub-uf3br 27 днів тому

    I am literally afraid of allowing Emotional Safety.

    • @healyourcodependency
      @healyourcodependency 27 днів тому

      Right? It is an intense thing to allow. I recommend starting with learning to ease that anxiety. You can start that with the Daily Regulation Practice here: drp.freetheself.com

  • @annetipa9257
    @annetipa9257 29 днів тому

    I'm finding a similar realisation. Be still. 4:13 It's good to hear the concrete points like fixing, avoiding, idealizing and devaluing.

  • @caroltousignant1542
    @caroltousignant1542 Місяць тому

    It is called an unloving spirit from the pit of hell (demons)

  • @annetipa9257
    @annetipa9257 Місяць тому

    Im doing a course with Marshall. I've just started to feel after 50 years tools, and someone who really helps. I think its in part because he didnt study this academically, eg for a career. He lived it. And worked out what actually helped. It makes it very real, and life changing.

  • @Enfpmom
    @Enfpmom Місяць тому

    Glad I came across your chanel, very interesting

  • @martinastep6355
    @martinastep6355 Місяць тому

    Thanks! You are making good content. ❤

  • @ilsevanoostenbrugge6463
    @ilsevanoostenbrugge6463 Місяць тому

    Thanks sooooo much. Always love watching your video's. (rarely skip them). You are such a gem explaining things and doing it with so much kindness and understanding. Love to know if your (paidO workshops have replays? (living In Australia) ...so i could watch them i my own time?

  • @sadie9386
    @sadie9386 Місяць тому

    Nobody understands codependency better than this guy.

  • @clarajohnson7134
    @clarajohnson7134 Місяць тому

    Wow, thank you. This is one of my favorites you have done. I have been trying to figure out why I keep going back when I process something new. I think this is exactly it. I forgot about some of those underlying rules and conditions. They got retriggered.

  • @Unapologeticallysteff
    @Unapologeticallysteff Місяць тому

    This is totally me this year 😢

  • @Mechanical-Lotus
    @Mechanical-Lotus Місяць тому

    I always appreciate hearing your perspective. Thank you especially for this one. The gentle, truthful way you shared on this concept has helped me greatly in re-engaging with my own inner perspectives on self love.

  • @loverainthunder
    @loverainthunder Місяць тому

    Rules and conditions. Wow. I hate myself even when I get hurt. I need to break out of this.

    • @loverainthunder
      @loverainthunder Місяць тому

      I was always blamed and punished when I was hurt. Also punished & when I succeeded. They acted like me feeling good about myself was hurting them. It is lose lose for me, and their violent acts were excused by them because it was my fault because of how I am.

    • @healyourcodependency
      @healyourcodependency Місяць тому

      @@loverainthunder Holding big care for you in this place and pain. You didn't earn that. Ever!

  • @Jekaniah-jm7gq
    @Jekaniah-jm7gq Місяць тому

    Embodied love. I love that. I feel that.

  • @haihai5293
    @haihai5293 Місяць тому

    Love you man! :) Good video.

  • @sylvie060
    @sylvie060 Місяць тому

    💯 Marshall, I didn't get the job I applied for. I was giving the job authority over my self; worthiness, and deservedness of love. I was down for a day, then yesterday it clicked. I'm loved, unconditionally, and that it's safe for me to be loved. It's safe for me to be me. I walked without fear of impending doom and lack. This has been a game changer. My thoughts, words behaviours are now from a state of love. After a life time of being and living surrounded by an environnent of rage, fear, cruelty and lack.. I've now crossed over to love. 🙏

  • @valeryiabichan8497
    @valeryiabichan8497 Місяць тому

    Thank you, Marshall, for genuine sharing of what you've realised in 7 years distilled into 10 minutes video. Deep, profound, honest as you always do. The best guidance on my way to heal. Thank's! Wish you all the best 🍀

  • @rsamuels6969
    @rsamuels6969 Місяць тому

    Life changing! Thank you so much for this video

  • @haihai5293
    @haihai5293 Місяць тому

    True.

  • @nriqueog
    @nriqueog Місяць тому

    The beginning to loving ourselves is accepting ourselves as we are, perfect beings, in an imperfect world.

  • @Backcash436
    @Backcash436 2 місяці тому

    Excellent video!! Very helpful! Thank you

  • @monicalapaz
    @monicalapaz 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Marshall! :)