Wonder if there’s something wrong with you that will keep you from being able to find a partner who loves you
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Feel scared, guilty, and small, no matter how much you accomplish
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Find yourself constantly chasing approval
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Hide the details of your life and feelings from your mother, because you know she’ll find a way to use your truths against you
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since a healthy man usually doesn’t marry or stay with an unstable woman
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becomes an adult who tells herself she’ll never be good enough or lovable enough
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But if her dominant behavior engenders in her daughter a belief in her own value and nourishes her self-respect, confidence, and safety, that mother is doing a good job, whether she’s a wonderful mom or just good enough