How to overcome Childhood Emotional Neglect | Kati Morton

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[cryguy]

Who would've thought 3 years later, the perfect video for me would show up in my recommendation. It highlighted just about all my problems with my family growing up. Everyone was constantly fighting, and my brother would harshly bully me. I never had anyone to talk to or be cared by, and it made me feel so pointless.

[suemick]

I refer to my upbringing as, "I wasn't raised, I was housed and fed."

[staceya.]

One of the things I’ve learned is don’t confront your family about these emotions. They’ll just undermine you and try to spin it so they’re the victim.

[SlobZombie]

Childhood Emotional Neglect turned me into the anti-social, comfort zone addict, autopilot king

[palmer]

A couple years ago, I confronted my mom about my mental health issues. I was in TEARS telling her how much I was struggling and how hard it has always been to open up to her about anything in my life. Her first reaction was to laugh at if I was just being dramatic and making it all up. That is when I realized I wasn't crazy and that this shit stems from childhood.

[withapicketsign]

So there are parents who hug, comfort and have empathetic conversations with their kids...wow.

[PXNDX]

I wish everyone that's suffering could all have a pizza party together and realize that we're not alone :)

[zrvnnlr]

This comment section is oddly comforting.. I feel less alone

[Snibbyiffer]

I used to pride myself on how independent I was, how much I didn't ask for things, how quiet I was for a kid, how I didn't bother my mom, now I realize, I was being neglected... it's not my mom's fault, they had to keep two kids alive on a low budget. I was just old enough to understand that, my brother got his attention, I didn't.

[elbowstrike]

My parents often say that I was such a well behaved child.

It's more like I learned that no matter what I said or did to get their attention it just didn't matter so I learned to not even try. What they saw as well behaved was depression. What they saw as being low maintenance and introversion was social withdrawal.

[meljstephan]

As a social worker, I find that emotional neglect leads us to believe that our emotional needs are just wants, luxuries, or rewards. This is not true. We do in fact need emotional support.

[florian]

When you realize that your parents caused your social anxiety and now berate you for having it 😀

[JNun]

It hurts even more when you’re siblings weren’t emotionally neglected, but you were.

[jallissaw.]

I never had one person hug me and tell me that everything’s gonna be okay and that hurts.

[kalyen]

It's really funny when a parent that never gave you emotional support says:, ,Haven't you ever thought about MY feelings?"

[salzwell]

This has left me quite damaged. I can't even be in a relationship. Friendships are so difficult. I feel useless and like I'm a burden.

[tap]

Welcome, the well-behaved, non-troublesome, good kid! Nice to see you here

[Jch]

Emotional neglect turns you into a loner incapable of having a normal relationships with other people. My mother was a block of ice my entire childhood. This is almost as bad as actual physical abuse, but the emotional bruises never go away.

[BIOHAZARDCURE]

I'm not sure why but, I've never been comfortable sharing emotions to my parents.

[t.sheerie]

I love that she says “we” and not “you”