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“As we develop, we will seek - and need - a special acknowledgment for our masculinity and femininity, a sense that our ‘girlness’ and ‘boyness’ are recognized and appreciated by our parents.”
HMMMMMM
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“We begin to believe that any wish for special caretaking and love is forbidden, off-limits, as if it meant asking for too much, for something we aren’t supposed to have.”
on one hand, straightforward synthesis of Running on Empty + Unlocking the Emotional Brain, and otoh owie
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def a part of me that read that sentence and felt vindicated, like “yes! special caretaking and love *is* forbidden and off-limits! it *is* asking for too much! we’re *not* supposed to have it!”
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People (not in my childhood but adulthood, e.g. my best friends) have made it very clear to me that I'm not allowed to want or need anything. I developed a stutter as a result.
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