You Can Become More Resilient, Even if You Grew Up With Emotional Neglect [blogs.psychcentral.com]

Alicia Doktor 11/13/174:00 AM

Do you ever wish you could be less affected when difficult things happen in your life?

Challenging life circumstances, like a lay-off, marital problems, or severe financial difficulties, can take their toll on anyone. But if you grew up with parents who weren’t able to provide you with the emotional attention and validation you needed (Childhood Emotional Neglect, or CEN), you may struggle even more. And there are some very good reasons for that.

First I want to tell you about an important study on resilience, and then we’ll talk about the special case of Childhood Emotional Neglect.

[For more on this story by, Jonice Webb PhD , go to https://blogs.psychcentral.com...h-emotional-neglect/]

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