If you see something at work that needs to be done, do you just do it? When someone in your life making the wrong choices or doing bad stuff, do you over function? Is there a thought somewhere in your mind, consciously or not, that if something needs to be done you must be the one to do it or it won’t get done?
Today I’m telling you the signs of over functioning. What does over functioning mean? How do we stop doing it? What is the cost, to you and to your relationships, if you over function?
I hope this episode can educate you about the dangers of over functioning and give you some tools so that you can stop doing it!
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“Over functioning has a specific flavor all its own because with the over functioner there’s a fear that if they don’t do it, it won’t get done.” – Terri Cole
Show Notes:
- What is optimal functioning
- What is under functioning
- How people become under functioners
- What is over functioning
- What are the characteristics of over functioning
- Why over functioners feel under appreciated
- The consequences of over functioning
- Why people become over functioners
- Why relationships with a functioning imbalance are doomed
- What is the cost of over functioning
- How to stop over functioning
“If you’re an over functioner, your own self care goes to crap.” – Terri Cole
Links Mentioned:
- Get the checklist of ways to tell if you’re over functioning
- Watch my videos on codependency
- Join my free tribe!
“If you don’t start to balance out who’s doing what in the relationship, the relationship will either become super toxic or will end.” – Terri Cole