The Impact of Emotional Neglect on Well-being
Angela Yoon
If you were to describe yourself as a plant, what would you say? Are you in flower? Do you feel lush, like you’re thriving and flourishing? Do you feel stunted, starved of the necessities that would help you reach the heights you know you’re capable of? While you aren’t a plant, people do flourish under certain circumstances, and their needs have to be met. Emotional neglect is a set of experiences that can hinder well-being and flourishing. Emotional neglect can occur at any stage of life, and it can take place in several ways in different relationships. When you’ve been neglected emotionally, that impacts you, sometimes in subtle ways, and...
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