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“You are learning to trust your own perception of reality. You will discover that even when your parents don’t agree with you or don’t approve of what you’re doing, you will be able to tolerate the anxiety because you don’t need their validation anymore. You are becoming self-defined.”
― Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
― Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
“As you gain more control over your past and present relationship with your parents, you will discover that your other relationships, especially your relationship with yourself, will improve dramatically. You will have the freedom, perhaps for the first time, to enjoy your own life.”
― Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
― Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
“I have a horrible time trying to figure out who I am, what I want, or what I need. I’m just beginning to figure it out. The hardest part is for me to like myself. Every time I try, I hear Daddy telling me what an awful kid I was.”
― Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
― Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
“We forgot how to know when we learned how to please.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
“The “family secret” is a further burden for abused children. By not talking about the abuse, the battered child cuts off any hope of emotional help.”
― Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
― Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
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