Emotional neglect during childhood often leads to high independence as a survival mechanism, hindering emotional connection in adulthood. Children adapting to emotionally unavailable caregivers may internalize beliefs that their feelings are burdensome, resulting in avoidant attachment styles. Such individuals often struggle with intimacy and emotional regulation as adults. Healing involves addressing and reclaiming the suppressed emotions that were necessary for their survival. Understanding this cycle is essential for fostering healthier relationships and emotional well-being.
But these traits, in some children, may mask something more complex: emotional neglect.
Psychologists have long understood that emotional neglect is a form of relational trauma.
Highly independent children often develop what attachment researchers call 'avoidant' strategies.
Healing starts by reclaiming emotions once suppressed in the name of survival.
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