Posted by Pfinstegg on December 1, 2004, at 18:26:59
In reply to Re: Wow! I said it! » gardenergirl, posted by Dinah on December 1, 2004, at 9:14:27
Dinah, my analyst and I recently spoke about recent findngs that emotional abuse and neglect are now coming into prominence as even more damaging to a child's development than physical and/or sexual abuse. In families who have the latter, there is invariably the former, but neglect of emotional needs, inconsistency, manipulation, role-reversal, etc.- all the stuff your mother did - they are the worst.
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