When Pisces Compassion Turns Codependent or Chaotic...

That gentle Pisces soul can have a shadow side that creates unhealthy relationship dynamics.

Red Flags to Heed:

• Chronic Escapism: Avoiding reality or difficult emotions through addiction, fantasy, constant distraction, or blaming external factors.

• Lack of Boundaries / Enmeshment: Difficulty distinguishing their feelings/needs from partner's, leading to codependency or losing sense of self.

• Victim Mentality / Martyr Complex: Consistently feeling helpless or sacrificing excessively with underlying resentment. Blaming others for their unhappiness.

• Deceptiveness / Elusiveness: Difficulty being direct or honest, telling partial truths, or being intentionally vague to avoid conflict or reality.

• Emotional Manipulation (Often Unconscious): Using tears, guilt, or helplessness to control situations or avoid responsibility.

• Enabling Unhealthy Behavior (Yours or Theirs): Difficulty setting boundaries with partner's issues due to excessive compassion or fear of conflict.

• Inability to Handle Practical Reality: Consistently neglecting responsibilities (finances, chores) due to being "lost in the clouds."

Note: Healthy Pisces uses empathy constructively; unhealthy Pisces drowns in emotion, avoids reality, or lacks boundaries.

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