Mental health
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1 day agoPsychology says people who were constantly criticized as children don't grow up to be tougher adults - they grow up to be adults who flinch before anyone has raised a hand and apologize before anyone has accused them and the hypervigilance that kept them safe at seven is now destroying every relationship they enter at sixty-seven because their body still reads love as a trap with better packaging - Silicon Canals
Childhood trauma and harsh criticism create lasting emotional wounds that rewire how adults perceive safety, relationships, and intimacy, causing the nervous system to misidentify emotional connection as danger.