Publisher's Synopsis
AN EXPLANATIONFEELINGS OF RESENTMENT, LONELINESS, BETRAYAL, OR ABANDONMENT MAY PERSIST IF YOUR PARENTS WERE EMOTIONALLY IMMATURE, INACCESSIBLE, OR SELFISH WHILE YOU WERE GROWING UP. YOUR EARLY YEARS MAY HAVE SEEMED TO YOU LIKE A PERIOD WHEN YOUR EMOTIONAL NEEDS WEREN'T ADDRESSED, WHEN OTHERS DISREGARDED YOUR EMOTIONS, OR WHEN YOU TRIED TO MAKE UP FOR YOUR PARENTS' ACTIONS BY ASSUMING ADULT RESPONSIBILITIES. YOU CAN GO ON WITH YOUR LIFE, AND THESE SCARS CAN HEAL.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST LINDSAY GIBSON REVEALS IN THIS GROUND-BREAKING BOOK THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF EMOTIONALLY IMMATURE OR UNRESPONSIVE PARENTS. YOU WILL LEARN HOW THESE PARENTS FOSTER A FEELING OF ABANDONMENT AND HOW TO GET OVER THE HURT AND UNCERTAINTY OF YOUR EARLY YEARS. IF YOU CAN BREAK FREE FROM YOUR PARENTS' EMOTIONAL IMMATURITY, YOU CAN RECLAIM YOUR OWN NATURE, TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR RESPONSE TO THEM, AND STEER CLEAR OF DISAPPOINTMENT. LASTLY, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE, YOU WILL DISCOVER HOW TO ESTABLISH FRESH, CONSTRUCTIVE PARTNERSHIPS. FIND OUT WHICH FOUR KINDS OF PARENTING ARE CHALLENGING:- THE EMOTIONAL PARENT INSTILLS ANXIETY AND INSTABILITY IN THE CHILD.
- DETERMINED TO MAKE EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING IDEAL, THE PARENT NEVER STOPS WORKING.
- THE UNRESPONSIVE PARENT STEERS CLEAR OF ANYTHING DISTRESSING.
- THE REJECTING PARENT IS WITHDRAWN, CONTEMPTUOUS, AND DISPARAGING.
