Childhood emotional neglect

The other day this topic came up. I just had my third therapy appt and I asked her about this. Therapist had not read this book but said she felt I had emotional abuse from my mom. She warned me that I may stir up forgotton childhood memories( Im 66). She said if it got too hard, to put it down and take a break from it.Im not emotional, not a cryer, so I did an internal eye roll and said I understood( a lie).

Well.... Guess who could not get thru the introduction without crying. It made me think of our dog who “ ran off” when I was 8. I searched and searched for Lassie. Found out in adulthood that my parents gave the dog away and lied to me. What parent can do that, watch their kid search everywhere for the dog she would never find??? Then other memories stirred up. I did have to put it down. Im about half way thru the book now. Its very interesting and explains why Ive always thought I was weird, had something missing, etc etc

[fauxartist]

Yep.....it's a common issue here...I got it and a lot of us do. My mother was an emotional void....and I was tossed around a lot....so it scars us. I would recommend also looking around on some sites....here's a lead I find nail some of it: abandonment.net/

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Thanks!

[hypercat54]

Hi I didn't discover CEN until by chance I came upon Dr Webb on the net. I was gobsmacked as it fitted me to a tee and explained many things to me which I had puzzled over.

I don't think it's very well known at the moment but hopefully it will be one day soon. Have a look at the link too as there is info about it on there too and also different personality types. x

psychcentral.com/

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Thankyou!

[Kkimm]

That was a terrible thing to do to an 8 year old child. Certainly emotional abuse that could lead to developmental trauma. You have learned to be tough and not dwell on it but it will have had its impact.

Kim