What behavioral condition involves prioritizing others' needs over one's own well-being?

What behavioral condition involves prioritizing others' needs over one's own well-being?

• A. Codependency
• B. Self-neglect
• C. Narcissism
• D. Enabling

Answer: (A)

Prioritizing others' needs over your own well-being describes codependency, a pattern where you define your value through caretaking and feel responsible for others' feelings and problems. This leads to people-pleasing, boundary issues, and neglect of your own health and goals. In relationships—especially where addiction or dysfunction is involved—the codependent often acts as fixer or manager, sometimes enabling the other person by rescuing them or shielding them from consequences. Narcissism centers on self-focus and needing validation for one’s own needs; self-neglect refers to not taking care of oneself for reasons not tied to putting others first; enabling describes actions that support problematic behavior rather than the broader pattern of placing others ahead of oneself. So codependency best fits the scenario.

Prioritizing others' needs over your own well-being describes codependency, a pattern where you define your value through caretaking and feel responsible for others' feelings and problems. This leads to people-pleasing, boundary issues, and neglect of your own health and goals. In relationships—especially where addiction or dysfunction is involved—the codependent often acts as fixer or manager, sometimes enabling the other person by rescuing them or shielding them from consequences. Narcissism centers on self-focus and needing validation for one’s own needs; self-neglect refers to not taking care of oneself for reasons not tied to putting others first; enabling describes actions that support problematic behavior rather than the broader pattern of placing others ahead of oneself. So codependency best fits the scenario.