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[-] stufkes@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

If you see yourself in this meme, here's two books for you to read:

  1. "Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect" by Jonice Webb
  2. "Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents" by Lindsay C Gibson

The first one is specifically about how neglect can manifest itself. If you find your parents love you but you still feel empty or devoid of their affection, this might be useful. Especially good to read when you don't buy the "depression is just genetic and it just happens to some people" narrative.

The second one is more general about different types of connection and bonding. Very useful to understand where your parents might come from and why they behave(d) like they do/did. Also helps stem the tide against the current internet's "everyone with bad behaviour is a narcissist " theme

[-] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

This is amazing. Thank you.

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