Childhood Emotional Neglect

4 Cognitive Distortions Caused By Childhood Emotional Neglect

Cassie sits with her two friends at their favorite coffee shop. She is listening to her friends heatedly discuss their views about the political situation in the
As Cassie listens, she feels 3 things. First, she feels impressed at...

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38 Daily Affirmations For Healing Your Childhood Emotional Neglect

Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN): Happens when your parents fail to respond enough to your emotional needs as they raise you.
Growing up with your parents under-responding to your feelings throughout your childhood sets you up to under-respond to your own feelings...

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Do These 5 Things to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence

What’s been shown by research to be more important for job success than IQ?
What’s a major factor in life satisfaction?
What contributes to lasting marriages and happy children?
What can leap tall buildings in a single bound? (Well,...

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3 Ways Childhood Emotional Neglect Sets You Up For Adult Emotional Neglect

The Emotionally Neglected Child
6-year-old Pam walks as slowly as possible from the door of the bus to the door of her house. She is sad and hurt that her favorite teacher snapped at her in front of the class. Pam...

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Why Every Adult in the World Should Watch the Still Faced Parent Video

Let’s play a little game called “Name That Job.” See if you can identify the job requirements described below:

Name That Job

Applicants must be able to adjust rapidly and think quickly on your...

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Trapped in a Circle of Your Own Self-Doubt? 3 Steps Out

Mary sat in front of the invitation with pen poised as she went back and forth in her head. She was agonizing over whether to go to her cousin’s wedding or make an excuse for missing it. “My family will be so...

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Psych Central’s Top 10 Articles About Childhood Emotional Neglect

On July 19, 2014, the first Childhood Emotional Neglect blog was born, right here on PsychCentral.
Childhood Emotional Neglect (which I call CEN for short) is easy to overlook. When a parent fails to respond enough to the feelings of the child,...

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Feel Guilty In Your Relationship With Your Parents? Use This Technique

One thing never ceases to surprise me. It’s the number of good, caring people who feel some kind of inexplicable guilt in their relationships with their parents.
In fact, as a psychologist, I have seen this so often that it’s prompted...

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What’s Your Family Cooking Up For The Holidays? Maybe It’s Emotional Neglect

Do you look forward to family holiday gatherings, but then often end up feeling disappointed?
Do you dread family holiday dinners, but feel confused about the reasons why?

Do you feel guilty for avoiding or...

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When Childhood Emotional Neglect is Combined With Abuse: 3 Effects on Your Adult Life

In the 1980s, the true impact of abuse on children was finally recognized and defined. And since that time, the progress in understanding child abuse has been both significant and rapid.
But still, until recently, childhood emotional abuse and emotional...

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