Donna Frazier Glynn

  • mqynyysgdrhas quoted2 years ago
    “It was like my mom had two sides—she gave me birthday parties, sometimes she came to events at school—she could even be nice to my friends. But then she had this other side. . . .”
  • mqynyysgdrhas quoted2 years ago
    Their mothers tore them down, competed with them, icily ignored them, took credit for their achievements, failed to protect them, or even abused them.
  • mqynyysgdrhas quoted2 years ago
    But I’ll tell you, I sure didn’t get to feel safe around her—there was no real bond or kindness. . . . I never felt important to her. I was just something she had to deal with when it suited her.
  • mqynyysgdrhas quoted2 years ago
    It rarely occurs to them that their mothers were not loving, or even, in extreme cases, that they were malevolent. That’s too hard to admit, and allowing in that possibility produces acute anxiety in children, whose survival is so closely tied to their vital caretaker. It’s far safer for a child to believe that “if there’s something wrong between us, it’s because there’s something wrong with me.”
  • Alina Degtiarenkohas quotedlast year
    • Feel responsible for the happiness of everyone but yourself?
  • Alina Degtiarenkohas quotedlast year
    • Believe that you must protect her, even from the knowledge that she’s hurting you?
  • Alina Degtiarenkohas quotedlast year
    • Demean or criticize you?
  • Alina Degtiarenkohas quotedlast year
    • Try to upstage you?
  • Alina Degtiarenkohas quotedlast year
    • Treat you as if you’re incapable of making your own decisions?
  • Alina Degtiarenkohas quotedlast year
    • Tell you or imply that she can’t cope without you (and only your help will do)?
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