8 Ways Childhood Neglect Affected Your Life
Most people have experienced childhood neglect to one degree or another at some point during their lives. Of those, many don’t even recognize it as neglect or abuse because people tend to idealize their childhood upbringing or even defend child abuse in order to cope with their own unpleasant feelings.
5 Ways You Were Taught Self-Erasure – and Why It’s Wrong
A tragic number of children have been raised to practice self-sacrifice and self-erasure in order to meet the needs of others, mainly their primary caregivers. This is often the main function that the child serves in the parent-child dynamic. This is wrong because it’s the parent’s responsibility to take care of the child, not vice versa.
4 Reasons You Grew Up Feeling Not Good Enough
Many people have grown up in an environment where their parents, siblings, family members, teachers, peers, and similarly significant persons told them that they are not good enough. Some of these messages are explicit, while others are covert and very subtle, sometimes to the degree where the child is not even aware something wrong is happening.
Here, we will look at four common childhood reasons why a person grows up into an adult who feels or believes...
Why People Grow Up Idealizing Their Parents and Upbringing
“With nothing and no one to judge them against, we assume them to be perfect parents. As our world broadens beyond our crib, we develop a need to maintain this image of perfection as a defense against the great unknowns we increasingly encounter. As long as we believe our parents are perfect, we feel protected.”
— Susan Forward, Toxic Parents
Babies and small children are new to the world and their brains and minds are still developing. The...
— Susan Forward, Toxic Parents
Babies and small children are new to the world and their brains and minds are still developing. The...
5 Reasons Why Holidays Can Be Stressful
The holiday season is here again. People are running around for presents, racing against each other for the better deal, and there are Christmas ornaments and songs everywhere. It’s the holiday spirit, and everyone’s doing it, right? Kind of….
Whether you celebrate it or not, you can’t avoid it. Some people really enjoy this time of the year, and it can be fun and enjoyable. But there are also others who find it quite stressful and depressing....
What’s a Narcissist’s Punishment?
How Abusers Get Away with Their Behavior
People with strong narcissistic, psychopathic, or sociopathic tendencies, abusers, manipulators, and otherwise harmful people tend to hurt others. Sometimes they do it overtly, even proudly, and in other cases it’s covert or maybe even unconscious. Sometimes it’s well planned and calculated, while other times it’s careless and reactionary.
Sometimes these people are identified and are forced to accept the consequences of their wrongdoings, while other times they get away with...
3 Pieces of Unhelpful Advice People Give When You Struggle
Giving unsolicited advice can be considered as a boundary violation in itself because helping and supporting others is a very delicate process. It requires a lot of empathy, curiosity and patience whereas walking around and throwing simplistic, blank statements at people is not very helpful.
Things Abusers and Manipulators Say to Their Victims
People who have strong narcissistic tendencies and other toxic people are known for their manipulation tactics. Some of them are consciously cunning and deceiving. While others are more primitive and blunt in their disturbing behaviors.
Whatever the case may be, such people tend to project heavily, not take responsibility for their actions, blame others, and use gaslighting.
Here are some of the things abusers and toxic people say to...
Whatever the case may be, such people tend to project heavily, not take responsibility for their actions, blame others, and use gaslighting.
Here are some of the things abusers and toxic people say to...
Is Blood Thicker Than Water? – Questioning the Family System
All of us have probably heard this saying at some point in our lives: blood is thicker than water. When people say that, they usually mean that family is the most important thing, or that a person’s relationship with their family members is more important than any other relationship that they may have.
But is it true? By what logic? And compared to what standard? These are the questions that we will explore in this article.
Forgiveness, Apologizing, and Taking Responsibility: Real vs. Fake
We all have been wronged, and all of us have probably wronged someone at some point. Unavoidably, people interact with one another and are sometimes hurt or hurt others.
When a person wrongs another, the trust between them is compromised.
