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"When an emotionally unavailable parent is raising you, you don’t have a secure base from which to explore and understand the world," says Dr. Brittany McGeehan, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist ...
"Emotionally immature parents have a hard time tolerating and regulating their emotions, which can lead to emotional outbursts that are unpredictable," Dr. Lira de la Rosa says. "It can be scary ...
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger, 2015. ISBN 9781626251700. Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents: Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries and Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger, 2019. ISBN 978-1684032525.
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Green introduced the concept in an essay which was written in French in 1980, published in 1983, and translated into English in 1986. [1] He described the dead mother complex as involving a mother who was initially emotionally engaged with her child, but who then "switched off" from emotional resonance to emotional detachment, perhaps under the influence of loss and mourning in her own family ...
The parent's lack of empathy towards their child contributes to this, as the child's desires are often denied, their feelings restrained, and their overall emotional well-being ignored. [10] Children of narcissistic parents are taught to submit and conform, causing them to lose touch of themselves as individuals.
Having parents or caregivers who were under-resourced and often stressed Having a lot of siblings so that parents' time was stretched Not being celebrated for being them, whatever that might look like
Abandoned child syndrome is a proposed behavioral or psychological condition that is said to result from the loss of one or both parents.Abandonment may be physical or emotional; that is, the parent may abandon the child by failing to be present in their life, or by withholding affection, nurturing, or stimulation. [1]