Troy Terwilliger’s Reviews > The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self > Status Update

If there was abuse in childhood and then continued mistreatment during a vulnerable period, it makes a lot of sense that your mind would hold anger, disgust, and harsh thoughts toward them now. Those reactions don’t come out of nowhere…they’re usually tied to something that actually really hurt you.

As Carl Rogers would say: congruence!!!!