When codependency stains relationships that are already toxic, two souls end up borrowing and lending parts of themselves to each other. The rotten one thrives, the other perishes. Then it gets angry. “You lost the plot”, they say. And in the end, if you’re lucky enough to escape, you’re left with the responsibility to heal something you didn’t break. You’re the designated survivor every time. The victim they always pick. The light they always want to dim. You made them hungry. Now make them starve to death.