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8 compliments that often feel awkward if you've been emotionally neglected as a child - Silicon Canals

If you grew up emotionally neglected, certain compliments can trigger this uncomfortable response. Not because you're ungrateful or have low self-esteem, but because these specific types of praise touch on wounds from a childhood where emotional connection was missing. Through therapy after a difficult breakup, I finally understood why certain compliments made me want to disappear. It wasn't about the compliments themselves. It was about what they highlighted: all the things I never heard growing up.

Mental health

Relationships

fromSilicon Canals

6 days ago

People who grew apart from their siblings often share these 7 invisible childhood wounds - Silicon Canals

Childhood dynamics—competition for parental attention and rigid family roles—often create subtle, lasting wounds that drive emotional distance between adult siblings.

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fromPsychology Today

8 months ago

How to Manage Emotional Triggers in 5 Steps

Triggers from unresolved childhood experiences lead to overreactions in adulthood, which can be managed and understood.

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8 compliments that often feel awkward if you've been emotionally neglected as a child - Silicon Canals

People who grew apart from their siblings often share these 7 invisible childhood wounds - Silicon Canals

How to Manage Emotional Triggers in 5 Steps

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#childhood-wounds