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Donna Frazier Glynn

  • mqynyysgdrfez uma citaçãoano passado
    “It was like my mom had two sides—she gave me birthday parties, sometimes she came to events at school—she could even be nice to my friends. But then she had this other side. . . .”
  • mqynyysgdrfez uma citaçãoano passado
    Their mothers tore them down, competed with them, icily ignored them, took credit for their achievements, failed to protect them, or even abused them.
  • mqynyysgdrfez uma citaçãoano passado
    But I’ll tell you, I sure didn’t get to feel safe around her—there was no real bond or kindness. . . . I never felt important to her. I was just something she had to deal with when it suited her.
  • mqynyysgdrfez uma citaçãoano passado
    It rarely occurs to them that their mothers were not loving, or even, in extreme cases, that they were malevolent. That’s too hard to admit, and allowing in that possibility produces acute anxiety in children, whose survival is so closely tied to their vital caretaker. It’s far safer for a child to believe that “if there’s something wrong between us, it’s because there’s something wrong with me.”
  • Alina Degtiarenkofez uma citaçãohá 8 meses
    • Feel responsible for the happiness of everyone but yourself?
  • Alina Degtiarenkofez uma citaçãohá 8 meses
    • Believe that you must protect her, even from the knowledge that she’s hurting you?
  • Alina Degtiarenkofez uma citaçãohá 8 meses
    • Demean or criticize you?
  • Alina Degtiarenkofez uma citaçãohá 8 meses
    • Try to upstage you?
  • Alina Degtiarenkofez uma citaçãohá 8 meses
    • Treat you as if you’re incapable of making your own decisions?
  • Alina Degtiarenkofez uma citaçãohá 8 meses
    • Tell you or imply that she can’t cope without you (and only your help will do)?
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