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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoChildren who grew up being told they were 'too sensitive' often become adults who apologize before they express a need, qualify every opinion with 'I might be wrong,' and treat their own emotions like an inconvenience they're inflicting on the room. - Silicon Canals
Childhood emotional invalidation teaches sensitive people their feelings are problems to manage, causing them to minimize themselves and apologize excessively as adults.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days agoResearch suggests that the people others describe as "hard to read" are usually people who learned early that showing emotion invited either punishment or exploitation. Their composure isn't distance. It's architecture. - Silicon Canals
Emotional opacity typically originates in childhood when vulnerability is punished or dismissed, causing people to suppress emotional expression as a protective mechanism rather than choosing strategic guardedness.
fromSlate Magazine
4 days agoI Used to Love My Therapist. Then She Did Something So Deranged I Still Can't Comprehend It.
I grew up avoiding conflict, and I was marrying someone who was very good at making his position on just about anything known. In the gap between avoidance and expression, I was paralyzed. I needed help. My soon-to-be husband rightly insisted I see a therapist.
Mental health
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoThere is a specific kind of grief that comes from outgrowing people you still love, and most of us were never taught that growth could feel like loss - Silicon Canals
Outgrowing someone you care about creates ambiguous loss—a grief without cultural language or framework—where the person remains present but the relationship fundamentally changes.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoPeople who were praised for being mature as children often become adults who have no idea what they actually want - Silicon Canals
Children praised for early maturity often experienced parentification—emotional caretaking of family members—which creates long-term psychological costs including anxiety, depression, and identity difficulties in adulthood.
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPsychology says strict parenting creates these 8 emotional habits that show up decades later - Silicon Canals
Every minute was scheduled, every grade scrutinized, every social interaction monitored. Her parents meant well, they really did. They wanted the best for her, believed structure and discipline would set her up for success. Fast forward twenty years, and she's successful by every traditional measure: great job, nice house, impressive resume. But she also can't make a decision without second-guessing herself fifteen times, apologizes for everything including her own existence,
Parenting
fromAll Singles And Married
6 months ago10 Wrong Parenting Styles That Create Broken Adults
Marriage is beautiful, but parenting is one of its greatest assignments. Unfortunately, many adults today are damaged not by demons or destiny, but by the parenting style they were exposed to. As a marriage counselor, I've seen husbands and wives still bleeding from childhood, raising their own kids with inherited pain.Dear parents, parenting is a ministry. We must be careful not to produce well-fed children with empty souls. Below are 10 parenting styles that may look normal today, yet they produce broken adults tomorrow.
Parenting
Parenting
fromPsychology Today
9 months agoThe Dead Mother Complex
Our mental life is deeply influenced by early relationships, particularly with our mothers.
The 'dead mother complex' highlights the effects of emotional absence from a mother.
Therapy aids in healing from the emotional impact of absent maternal support.
Parenting
fromPsychology Today
10 months ago4 Rules of the Narcissistic Family
Narcissistic families are led by narcissistic parents, inhibiting emotional development.
Common rules in these families suppress healthy emotional expression.
Family dynamics demand members prioritize the parent's needs over their own.
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