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3 Adulting Skills That Might Be Hard If You Have an Abusive Parent
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It’s been two years since my mother’s abuse became clear to me. I’d always known it from a distance, of course, but it took me until my 30s to fully realize and cut the umbilical cord that she kept like a leash around my neck.
Is it any wonder that I failed to realize for so long? There are so many kinds of childhood abuse, after all, and even the ACEs questionnaire doesn’t quite reflect the full extent of the actions that can affect a child’s development into a fully developed adult.
People would have described my mother as “overprotective,” and to a degree, that was the case. But her overprotection never came where it truly mattered.
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