What a codependent woman is like is the codependent woman gains all of her self worth and self esteem from other people.
A codependent woman will also often have a hard time being herself and her intentions are often good at first, but they are just trying to help someone out that's going through a rough patch.
In a codependent relationship, there often tends to be a severe imbalance of power and often, one person might be giving much more time, energy and focus to the other person or people.
Codependency can also manifest as having an excessive need to please, a fear of abandonment and even difficulty in setting boundaries, whereas healthy love fosters individual growth as well as autonomy.
Codependent people may also sometimes have affairs.
Codependency itself does not cause infidelity directly although the dynamics and patterns within codependent relationships can create environments in which affairs can become more likely to occur.
The dynamics also often involve a lack of emotional fulfillment, resentment and also a desire to seek validation outside of the primary relationship.
The impact that codependency can have on relationships include resentment and unmet needs, low self esteem and insecurity, difficulty in saying no and boundary issues, seeking external validation and idealization and fantasy.
Codependents may idealize other people and lead to fantasy crushes or limerence, which can also contribute to affairs.
Codependents also often will rely on external validation for their sense of self worth and if they don't get this validation within their primary relationship, they might seek it somewhere else.
And codependents may struggle to say no and struggle to set boundaries, and it can potentially enable them to engage in behaviors which they may have otherwise avoided, including affairs.
Codependency is also often linked to low self esteem as well as insecurity, which can also make people more vulnerable to seek attention and validation from other people, which can potentially lead to affairs.
And in relationships that are codependent, one partner will often sacrifices their needs to cater to the other, which can lead to dissatisfaction and resentment.
And this imbalance can also create an environment in which the person may seek external validation and connection.