The ways in which a daughter is affected by a mother who doesn't meet her emotional needs are complicated. Here's a guide to some of the effects you may not yet see.
Do you worry that one day you'll be found out or uncovered as someone who's a fake? That all you've achieved is just a fluke? Did you know that your anxiety has a name?
The approach of Mother's Day can highlight problems, and many daughters struggle either with managing a continuing relationship or considering estrangement.
Shutting the door on childhood and its effects on your adult self is easier said than done. A close look at why intimacy is so often elusive for the daughter of an unloving mother.
When a daughter's emotional needs aren't met by her mother, it's not uncommon for her body to become a battleground, starting in childhood and extending through her adulthood.
The first question society asks, when hearing of abuse, is "why didn't she/he just leave?" It's a question that betrays how little we know about the cycle of abuse.
In retrospect, it's often easy to see why a relationship or marriage failed. But there are signs along the way that experts know, and you should too...
The end of any relationship can be painful but recovering from one with someone high in narcissistic traits is especially trying. Some pointers on how to look past the devastation.
The culture thinks that persisting is hard and requires grit, while quitting is easy. The truth may surprise you, especially when it comes to toxic relationships.
Do you believe that when things go wrong, someone has to take the fall, and that person should be you? Do you think people are capable of changing their reactions?
Deciding to cut a parent out of your life is a huge decision, which can bring with it some unwanted baggage rather than the expected freedom and relief.
All families have their squabbles and tensions, but when your family of origin is toxic and dysfunctional, the holidays are really hard. But you're not powerless.
While it seems counterintuitive, scapegoating makes a mother believe that her dysfunctional family is actually healthy and stable, and bullying tends to solidify bonding.
It's true that children whose emotional needs weren't met by their mothers share common ground, but there are still important differences that affect individual development.
It took widely publicized teen suicides to open our eyes to the fact that bullying wasn't a normal passage in childhood. When will the culture do the same for verbal abuse?
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