The Six Co-Dependent Bargains Keeping You Imprisoned

# The Six Co-Dependent Bargains Keeping You Imprisoned You've been making deals with the devil - and the devil is your own desperate hope that this time will be different.

Co-dependents make unconscious bargains that feel like hope but function as chains. Let me name them so you can see them. Because you can't break a bargain you can't see.

## Bargain One: "If I'm Perfect Enough, They'll Finally Love Me" You can never be perfect enough. The equation is rigged. You cannot earn what they're incapable of giving.

## Bargain Two: "If I'm Patient Enough, They'll Change" You can't love someone into changing. Your patience just enables their dysfunction longer. You've communicated that their behavior has no cost.