Quiz: Am I an Enabler?
I might be an enabler if...- I make excuses for someone's bad behavior even when it is clearly dangerous or harmful to me or others.
- I feel responsible for someone because no one else understands or can relate to him/her.
- I find myself spending more time worrying about this person than I worry about others or myself.
- I've given money, time, and/or my possessions to someone to make that person feel better, maybe more than once.
- I've begun to feel like I know more what someone needs than that person knows about what he/she needs.
- I've begun to think someone will just "go to pieces" without me.
- I feel manipulated by someone, but I stay in a relationship with that person anyway.
- I see myself in someone else's situation or problem.
- People close to me tell me that I am letting someone else's problems or situation take over my life.
- I feel alone in trying to help someone.
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