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[quote=Anonymous]I hope so. Right now I'm still in the "trying to learn to live with it and not let the effects ruin my life" phase.

I have struggled to find a therapist who is good with these issues because the wounds run so deep and also, being the product of neglect can make you develop a lot of survival techniques and defense mechanisms that can make it pretty difficult to trust and build rapport with a therapist. I am hyper-independent, have abandonment issues, and suspicious of the reliability of authority figures, for obvious reasons, and I've found this can make therapy pretty difficult!

Also, if you are talking about emotional neglect, I have found the book Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents to be very helpful. There's also a sequel that goes into further depth, but I'd read the first book first -- it does a pretty great job of explaining the wound of emotional neglect at a young age. It doesn't get into physical neglect but the exploration of the emotional wound is really, really good. Very easy to understand and even has some actionable advice on how to handle it. Highly recommend.[/quote]

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