Psychology says people who were the emotional anchor for their families rarely experience loneliness as a single event. They experience it as a slow accounting where they realize the support only ever flowed in one direction and nobody designed a return current. - Silicon Canals
Family support often flows in one direction, with one person bearing the emotional load while others remain uninvolved.
The older I get, the more I realize that the friends who quietly check in on you without being asked are the ones who probably never had anyone do that for them - Silicon Canals
People who offer unsolicited care typically grew up in environments where their own emotional needs went unmet, developing heightened sensitivity to others' wellbeing as a result of childhood parentification.
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