Posted by fallsfall on April 29, 2003, at 7:33:34
In reply to Re: I wonder.... Mair and, posted by likelife on April 29, 2003, at 0:23:47
I also had a "fine" life growing up. Plenty of money, my mother was the Girl Scout leader etc. But, like you, "I was constantly wanting in an emotional sense." My therapist calls it "emotional neglect". My dad worked a lot and my mother just doesn't seem to understand emotions. It is very hard to see my friends struggle with abuse issues, and for me to be as sick as they are with nothing "concrete" in my history. It feels like I am not justified in putting my family, my therapist, and myself through all of this agony. But I do believe that I don't have an acceptable choice.
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