How to begin healing from the long-term damage of childhood emotional neglect, writes jwebbphd
Childhood emotional neglect teaches you that your feelings are unimportant, useless, or a burden on others.Once you see emotional neglect as the true cause, you are freed of self-blame and can take three key steps to start the healing.What happens when you grow up in a household that ignores your feelings and avoids talking about difficult or emotional things?
You are essentially being raised to undervalue, under-attend to, and under respond to your own feelings as well as the feelings of others. You are being taught to hide your feelings. You may even learn to be ashamed of your own emotions.
The effects occur in three primary areas of your adult life. It is vital to be aware of them, mainly because once you see them, you can heal them.The 3 Areas of Your Adult Life Most Affected By Childhood Emotional NeglectWhen you grow up with parents who are not tuned in to your emotions enough, you don’t get enough opportunity to learn about how to identify, express, or manage your own feelings or the feelings of others.
You may be mystified about why you do certain things or find some important relationships confusing, both in your personal life and at work.The message, “Your feelings don’t matter,” comes across to the child as, “You don’t matter.”
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