I’m inflexible and don’t take risks. For most of my younger life I craved validation because I felt so insecure. I have trouble identifying with myself, I don’t know who I am because I wasn’t praised, my parents put their own feelings first. I was a bystander in my own upbringing. Trying to reconcile later in life has been extremely difficult, unlearning a lifetime of neglect.
Ive experienced all except ‘addiction’. I like to control my world to feel a sense of safety. Addiction to me is something that is out of control. Years of hyper vigilance and keeping myself safe has led to years of anxiety and fear of the world, I’m always ready to defend myself, which has led to burnout and breakdown. I go into robot mode and become numb, with the foresight ‘throw anything at me and it’ll bounce off’ almost not recognising my own limits and boundaries of what I should/shouldn’t tolerate. Emotional childhood neglect has also had a profound impact on my body, I’m plagued with inflammatory conditions and deregulated nervous system.
Sometimes we can become addicted to control or to things or behaviors that make us feel safe. The definition of an addiction is anything we can't stop or control willingly. I think the question I would ask myself if I were in your shoes is whether I could let go of that need of control? What would happen to me if I didn't feel the need to control myself or my environment? Sometimes the biggest addicts never smoked or drank. Sometimes the need to control spirals out of hand and can't be stopped. I'm not saying you're addicted, just worth thinking about❤
Emotional neglect resulted in depression starting at age 13, which I had on and off for decades, then got Fibro and CFS which was reversed by top down regulations working with thoughts and beliefs and learning to have a quiet mind and be present, but more imporantantly the bottom up regulation work of learning how to be in my body and feel all the emotions in the body. I just wish I learned the somatic work from the over 10 therapists I saw over many years.
Yes, I too have been to therapists for nearly 30 years-I am 57 now... Finally I have found a lady who is amazing.... I do have cptsd and ADHD too... I am so pleased you have found a way to be at peace.. God bless xxx
Yes, depressed as a child. Suicidal thoughts at 11. Always tired, last year diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Had several rounds of psychological help. No one diagnosed me with this, so noting worked. Had to figure it out myself. Now 55 😢 going to a Christian counselor now. Bless you all!
I'm 72 years of age. I am diagnosed with major depression which I have suffered since I was 18 years old. It is now that I am retired realize I cannot really enjoy the time I have for myself. Joy in life and all the positive feelings that come with this is not a usual part of my life. It is hard for me to identify my feelings for me to try to understand them. My family are confused and they tell me constantly that I am loved. I found the therapist I need to be with and I am now understanding my life patterns and how my childhood trauma contributed. Healing is in the works while my physical health is also improving. I've been watching your videos and find them very helpful. Thank you.
All the above. I also have a huge bitterness in me towards "happy people" , people who had a great childhood that go on to live successful lifes. I get so jealous and frustrated. It's a terrible way to think and makes making friends very hard, which is probably why I don't have any close buddies
When there’s a disagreement, someone will inevitably, most likely, be disappointed in me. So I engage in any and every disagreement in a way that ensures, that the person disappointed in me, never ends up being me! I aim to never repress, never suppress. I aim to never lose a part of myself. Radical honestly only: 100% of the time. Always, all ways.
I have all four. My third DUI brought with itself a total breakdown of my psyche. Lucky for me, this felony brought everything to a halt. Life as I knew it changed after my arrest. It’s been a rough ride, the last forty years. I don’t have the time to explain it all. But, recovery brings a new lease on life. Recovery can happen.
Hi Alex Everything you mentioned in this video hits home for me. My thoughts usually race & I find it hard to regulate my emotions. I find it so hard to meet my own needs. So for me the world is such a scary place to live. Growing up I've always felt that I had to earn love by the things I did for my mother & other people in my life. I am as a result of my trauma finding it difficult to carve out a life of my own. I really appreciate your content on this matter. Keep up the good work. Thanks Bro.
Thank you Alex for another insightful video. I am gradually dismantling my stoic attitude towards life, which resulted from patterns adopted in childhood, which included some neglect. It wasn't 100% neglect; however I was told to not express feelings (don't be a crybaby, take that hangdog look off your face) which led to acting like a numb automaton. By the time I left the family at 17 these patterns unfortunately had become my modus operandi. Now I get to explore feeling and expressing myself, and trying new behavior patterns. Appreciate the wisdom and advice in your videos.
I learned quickly how to be a pushover. No boundaries. No self respect. I took abuse and gave it. Had a terrible marriage, but the divorce devastated me. I was a terrible husband, surely wanted to be a great husband. I was totally unprepared to be an adult. Decades of anxiety and depression and shame. So glad my third DUI forced me to grow up. Diversion Program, state of Nevada has been instrumental in my recovery. A demanding program, three year minimum program. Half way through it. Sep. 2024.
I have all four. I was so stunted for about ten years in adult life and finally I am learning and takling this problem. I have all of them as well as an inability to look people in the eye, always saying sorry, and flares of anger, and unable to connect or get close with people.
I was always told by parents that they loved me…but my boundary needs and safety needs weren’t met or when they were met, then they weren’t respected. I knew I was loved by hearing it all the time…but never felt loved. I never felt respected & I never felt safe. I suffered with an Addiction in my 30s. Low Self worth throughout my teens and 20s.
I'm 27 years old but it's too late for me and this fits my life perfectly and it's crazy how the people who caused this are judging me on how i turned out
It's never too late. I learned to love myself and give myself all the things my parents should have. I was 47 when I learned to do that. I'm very happy now with the way I'm raising myself.
I never felt loved by my parents, I'm always in survival mode, I feel numb and alone I don't understand the concept of healthy boundaries so I isolate myself just in case. I don't know to identify my feelings... and the list goes on and on
All four signs; the needs of boundaries, safety, and love weren't met because of the physical abuse. I don't know how it is to be loved for who I am without deserving it, there's a constant feeling of not being enough, but I'm about to overcome this cycle.
I’m so sorry you went through this. I wish I could hug you. I understand the complexities that can bring having gone through such trauma. But you are worthy of love! And God loves you. ❤️ even if the world fails you He cares. 🫂
Thank you for the video! A low self-esteem triggers at least one of the other three, for me. Because it causes a sense of untrust in the reality of the body signals, thus delaying an immediate action needed to be followed through.
I have suffered from food addictions, depression, anxiety and not knowing myself and horribly low self esteem my whole life. I thought so many of these symptoms of my personality.
I think i have a bit of every one. Especially Anxiety, Low self-esteem, Addiction, and some depression. It has cause me to make bad judgements decisions, being in unhealthy relationships to try to have my needs met, to self sabotaging good relationships friendships..... I am addicted to caring for others it seems with similar childhood emotional problems and traumas and even to the point of enabling them. Finally after all these years and not understanding myself and what i put my family and children through, i can see a light at the end of the tunnel and i am on a path to healing in all aspects with god, a great family, supportive friends and others. I hope others in my family, and in my circle and those close to me to will see that there is hope and healing is possible. I have to keep reminding myself that i need to fully recover and heal and work on myself before i can help anyone else. You are all blessed and worthy and i Believe in all of us on our paths and journeys.
Alex u say, it doesnt mean they didnt love you. But the thing is i didnt feel loved due to their capacity or incapacity to convey that love. If their way of living was distorted and worped its hard to credit them for loving you, if that love was literally harming you.
All signs & symptoms fit me. Thank you for explaining it so clearly. As a child, I was not free to say yes or no. Knew my whole life my mothers love was completely conditional. Being an HSP totally magnified CEN. Thanks again!
I have had #2,3 4 since I was eleven. Now, at 74, I am experiencing #1.When your parents are given the chance to get you in therapy and prefer to get rid of you, you learn they do not care.
It is not too late for help! When I found a therapist that identified me as an "attachment challenged adult", I began to move toward healing! EMDR, and EFT( tapping) are both very effective
OMG. in all my life i thought i will be loved for what i do and achieve but not for who i am. Amd i am 30. Parents try to give ur children love, Dipression anxient arent meant to friend any one. Woe to me😭😭
I raised myself. I never had a father and my mother had to raise 4 boys alone. I was the youngest and she was always working or taking care of the house. She loved us, but there was no time for me. I have always done everything for myself.
I'm 17 years old and I never felt loved or cares for or anything by anyone. I started cutting myself 3 days ago so I could feel something. Sometimes I fantasize about lashing out at my family for constantly hurting me yet I find myself choking up.
I can understand how that feels. I had the most weird coping mechanism in the world, to be honest i still have it. But I'm better now , far better. You should check dr joe disepnza work, it has healed millions of people and i do it myself. And the knowledge is free so you don't have to worry if im a fraud. Take care of yourself bro. ❤
I know me saying this wont change anything, but stop. Ive been there. From 14-16 I’ve done the same, then I’ve gone from alchohol on and off and weed until i hit 17. Im now 19 and am full on alcoholic. Cutting gets you a small feeling of relief and of retribution. I truly do not think this is emotional neglect on your parents, but i think youre the one not allowing yourself to feel. Starting destructive behaviours at 17, it sounds more like you need to find ways to actually process all your emotions. Not trying to make you feel unheard, but starting stuff at 17 is more likely to be an onset of another disorder than being an abuse response. Still sending lots of love. This sounds like you need to feel loved and validated which is why you think you relate tp the disorder, but understand its at an obsessive level. I think you really need a good psychologist and psychiatrist to figure out why at 17 youre starting to act up.
I have three of the four problems. I haven't had addictions to substances, but I think the equivalent for me is obsessiveness with cleaning, organising, collecting, etc. I definitely do suffer from anxiety and depression, and constantly feel threatened for no reason.
All of the above. My parents loved me but were devastated by the loss of my brother through leukaemia he was sis I was seven. They could not give more than they did but without this tragedy it would have been ok. At five I remember thinking if your parents can’t live your nobody can.
Learning to cry and feel emotions has been critical on my journey (now fully recovered from depression and 95% recovered from Fibromyalgia). Crying and learning to let go is an essential skill to have (I say skill as I was so emotionally repressed I never cried and had to relearn) as in life we are continuously having loss and having to let things and people go until the final letting go!
What a wonderful and important thesis topic! I don't think it is too broad to start with. You will find the focal point in the exploration. Wishing you the best!
When it comes to emotions, my brain is always in self-preservation mode. When others experience strong emotions around me, I don't seem to be able to be there for them. I just shut down.
i don’t really have addiction to substances because my childhood trauma is partly caused by my parents’ addiction. (but when i’m depressed, i tend to start eating a lot to satisfy my emotional needs
i experienced all the emotional side missing. but also, what if someone, a man, is judged by everyone in society that tgey interact eith as, literally worthless
As a 65 yr old woman with all 4 it is still tormenting me into old age. Obesity is stopping me have surgery for spinal stenosis, so I’m becoming less mobile, I’ll end up in a wheelchair
Addiction (to porn), check. Anxiety, check. Depression, check. Low self esteem, check. And now they dare mad at me for refusing to get married, since I know I don't have what it requires emotionally to start my own family and give them grandchildren. Such is life of the eldest son of an Asian family 😅😅😅
I think you missed one which is poor social skills, unless you’d put that under anxiety or self-esteem. I’ve noticed that the people I know who are most socially confident are those with loving and engaged parents. Obviously correlation is not causation though.
I'm 27 years old but it's too late for me and this fits my life perfectly and it's crazy how the people who caused this are judging me on how i turned out
It’s not too late. Get yourself some help. I did when I was in my 30s. Now in my 40s my quality of life is so much better. I’m genuinely happy with who I am. It’s never too late.
How do you notice the impacts of childhood emotional neglect in your life playing out in your adult life?
I’m inflexible and don’t take risks. For most of my younger life I craved validation because I felt so insecure. I have trouble identifying with myself, I don’t know who I am because I wasn’t praised, my parents put their own feelings first. I was a bystander in my own upbringing. Trying to reconcile later in life has been extremely difficult, unlearning a lifetime of neglect.
I have all of these. And no idea how to change it. I've struggled with Codependency, food, love addiction all my life
I talk too fast, I avoid doing activities where I may make a mistake and be judged. I pick my fingernails.
go to a therapist huge topic
@@whoami1654Same here
Addiction, low-self esteem, depression and anxiety.
^thanks mom
All 4 in my life. Backhanded for telling dad no, mom said she wishes I was never born, dad was a drunk, mom was always sick.
I cannot ever remember feeling safe or loved as a child.
Neither, but maybe its cause I dont have any memories as a young kid like you do?
I can appreciate that.
i too don't have early memories and couldn't describe happiness other than a fleeting feeling from a taste when starving or cold breeze on a hot day
😢💔
@@dovydas4483hmm I have noticed a pattern in those who experience childhood neg that they don’t seem to remember their early years
Ive experienced all except ‘addiction’. I like to control my world to feel a sense of safety. Addiction to me is something that is out of control. Years of hyper vigilance and keeping myself safe has led to years of anxiety and fear of the world, I’m always ready to defend myself, which has led to burnout and breakdown. I go into robot mode and become numb, with the foresight ‘throw anything at me and it’ll bounce off’ almost not recognising my own limits and boundaries of what I should/shouldn’t tolerate. Emotional childhood neglect has also had a profound impact on my body, I’m plagued with inflammatory conditions and deregulated nervous system.
Sometimes we can become addicted to control or to things or behaviors that make us feel safe. The definition of an addiction is anything we can't stop or control willingly. I think the question I would ask myself if I were in your shoes is whether I could let go of that need of control? What would happen to me if I didn't feel the need to control myself or my environment?
Sometimes the biggest addicts never smoked or drank. Sometimes the need to control spirals out of hand and can't be stopped. I'm not saying you're addicted, just worth thinking about❤
Carnivore diet may help it drastically reduces inflammation in the body
Emotional neglect resulted in depression starting at age 13, which I had on and off for decades, then got Fibro and CFS which was reversed by top down regulations working with thoughts and beliefs and learning to have a quiet mind and be present, but more imporantantly the bottom up regulation work of learning how to be in my body and feel all the emotions in the body. I just wish I learned the somatic work from the over 10 therapists I saw over many years.
Yes, I too have been to therapists for nearly 30 years-I am 57 now... Finally I have found a lady who is amazing.... I do have cptsd and ADHD too... I am so pleased you have found a way to be at peace.. God bless xxx
Yes, depressed as a child. Suicidal thoughts at 11. Always tired, last year diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Had several rounds of psychological help. No one diagnosed me with this, so noting worked. Had to figure it out myself. Now 55 😢 going to a Christian counselor now. Bless you all!
This. ❤️ I love that! Congratulations!!
I'm 72 years of age. I am diagnosed with major depression which I have suffered since I was 18 years old. It is now that I am retired realize I cannot really enjoy the time I have for myself. Joy in life and all the positive feelings that come with this is not a usual part of my life. It is hard for me to identify my feelings for me to try to understand them. My family are confused and they tell me constantly that I am loved. I found the therapist I need to be with and I am now understanding my life patterns and how my childhood trauma contributed. Healing is in the works while my physical health is also improving. I've been watching your videos and find them very helpful. Thank you.
I'm turning 23...... I hope you find peace in this life of time. Sending love to you ❤️
All the above.
I also have a huge bitterness in me towards "happy people" , people who had a great childhood that go on to live successful lifes. I get so jealous and frustrated. It's a terrible way to think and makes making friends very hard, which is probably why I don't have any close buddies
Same
When there’s a disagreement,
someone will inevitably,
most likely,
be disappointed in me.
So I engage in any and every disagreement
in a way that ensures,
that the person disappointed in me,
never ends up being me!
I aim to never repress,
never suppress.
I aim to never lose a part of myself.
Radical honestly only: 100% of the time.
Always,
all ways.
I have all four. My third DUI brought with itself a total breakdown of my psyche. Lucky for me, this felony brought everything to a halt. Life as I knew it changed after my arrest. It’s been a rough ride, the last forty years. I don’t have the time to explain it all. But, recovery brings a new lease on life. Recovery can happen.
Hi Alex
Everything you mentioned in this video hits home for me. My thoughts usually race & I find it hard to regulate my emotions. I find it so hard to meet my own needs. So for me the world is such a scary place to live. Growing up I've always felt that I had to earn love by the things I did for my mother & other people in my life. I am as a result of my trauma finding it difficult to carve out a life of my own. I really appreciate your content on this matter. Keep up the good work. Thanks Bro.
Thank you Alex for another insightful video. I am gradually dismantling my stoic attitude towards life, which resulted from patterns adopted in childhood, which included some neglect. It wasn't 100% neglect; however I was told to not express feelings (don't be a crybaby, take that hangdog look off your face) which led to acting like a numb automaton. By the time I left the family at 17 these patterns unfortunately had become my modus operandi. Now I get to explore feeling and expressing myself, and trying new behavior patterns. Appreciate the wisdom and advice in your videos.
I learned quickly how to be a pushover. No boundaries. No self respect. I took abuse and gave it. Had a terrible marriage, but the divorce devastated me. I was a terrible husband, surely wanted to be a great husband. I was totally unprepared to be an adult. Decades of anxiety and depression and shame. So glad my third DUI forced me to grow up. Diversion Program, state of Nevada has been instrumental in my recovery. A demanding program, three year minimum program. Half way through it. Sep. 2024.
I have all four. I was so stunted for about ten years in adult life and finally I am learning and takling this problem. I have all of them as well as an inability to look people in the eye, always saying sorry, and flares of anger, and unable to connect or get close with people.
HUGE THANK YOU to everyone that just posts the 4 signs without all the fluff talk. I heart you all.
My parents..."...all I owe you is a roof over your head, food in your stomach and an education".
I was always told by parents that they loved me…but my boundary needs and safety needs weren’t met or when they were met, then they weren’t respected. I knew I was loved by hearing it all the time…but never felt loved. I never felt respected & I never felt safe.
I suffered with an Addiction in my 30s. Low Self worth throughout my teens and 20s.
Alex, good stuff. Can relate to all of it at some level
I'm 27 years old but it's too late for me and this fits my life perfectly and it's crazy how the people who caused this are judging me on how i turned out
It's never too late. I learned to love myself and give myself all the things my parents should have. I was 47 when I learned to do that. I'm very happy now with the way I'm raising myself.
It's never too late. I'm 56 and undergoing therapy to help with childhood emotional neglect and it is working. Please don't give up.
It is never ever too late !!!!! Trust me 🙏
I never felt loved by my parents, I'm always in survival mode, I feel numb and alone I don't understand the concept of healthy boundaries so I isolate myself just in case. I don't know to identify my feelings... and the list goes on and on
❤
I feel this. I'm sorry you're feeling it too.
All four signs; the needs of boundaries, safety, and love weren't met because of the physical abuse. I don't know how it is to be loved for who I am without deserving it, there's a constant feeling of not being enough, but I'm about to overcome this cycle.
I’m so sorry you went through this. I wish I could hug you. I understand the complexities that can bring having gone through such trauma. But you are worthy of love! And God loves you. ❤️ even if the world fails you He cares. 🫂
You are worthy 💓
Thank you for the video! A low self-esteem triggers at least one of the other three, for me. Because it causes a sense of untrust in the reality of the body signals, thus delaying an immediate action needed to be followed through.
I was so so depressed until 10th grade - IT JUST DISAPPEARED. But I have everything else on this list … everything else is
3 of these I can relate to… I have never heard it explained exactly this way… this is very helpful. Thank you
I have suffered from food addictions, depression, anxiety and not knowing myself and horribly low self esteem my whole life. I thought so many of these symptoms of my personality.
Have all 4 plus guilt and a few more..
No safety.. no boundaries.. great video..as a teacher beat me no notice taken❤
I think i have a bit of every one. Especially Anxiety, Low self-esteem, Addiction, and some depression.
It has cause me to make bad judgements decisions, being in unhealthy relationships to try to have my needs met, to self sabotaging good relationships friendships.....
I am addicted to caring for others it seems with similar childhood emotional problems and traumas and even to the point of enabling them.
Finally after all these years and not understanding myself and what i put my family and children through, i can see a light at the end of the tunnel and i am on a path to healing in all aspects with god, a great family, supportive friends and others.
I hope others in my family, and in my circle and those close to me to will see that there is hope and healing is possible.
I have to keep reminding myself that i need to fully recover and heal and work on myself before i can help anyone else.
You are all blessed and worthy and i Believe in all of us on our paths and journeys.
I recognise signs 2,3 and 4
Alex u say, it doesnt mean they didnt love you. But the thing is i didnt feel loved due to their capacity or incapacity to convey that love. If their way of living was distorted and worped its hard to credit them for loving you, if that love was literally harming you.
All signs & symptoms fit me. Thank you for explaining it so clearly. As a child, I was not free to say yes or no. Knew my whole life my mothers love was completely conditional. Being an HSP totally magnified CEN. Thanks again!
I have had #2,3 4 since I was eleven. Now, at 74, I am experiencing #1.When your parents are given the chance to get you in therapy and prefer to get rid of you, you learn they do not care.
It is not too late for help! When I found a therapist that identified me as an "attachment challenged adult", I began to move toward healing! EMDR, and EFT( tapping) are both very effective
4 for 4 baby!
OMG. in all my life i thought i will be loved for what i do and achieve but not for who i am.
Amd i am 30.
Parents try to give ur children love, Dipression anxient arent meant to friend any one.
Woe to me😭😭
58
Spot on !
I raised myself. I never had a father and my mother had to raise 4 boys alone. I was the youngest and she was always working or taking care of the house. She loved us, but there was no time for me. I have always done everything for myself.
Depression, anxiety, ocd, cptsd, ,chronic pain are the gifts my parents gave me.
My parents turned me into a sick people pleaser.
I'm 17 years old and I never felt loved or cares for or anything by anyone. I started cutting myself 3 days ago so I could feel something. Sometimes I fantasize about lashing out at my family for constantly hurting me yet I find myself choking up.
I can understand how that feels. I had the most weird coping mechanism in the world, to be honest i still have it. But I'm better now , far better.
You should check dr joe disepnza work, it has healed millions of people and i do it myself. And the knowledge is free so you don't have to worry if im a fraud.
Take care of yourself bro. ❤
I know me saying this wont change anything, but stop. Ive been there. From 14-16 I’ve done the same, then I’ve gone from alchohol on and off and weed until i hit 17. Im now 19 and am full on alcoholic. Cutting gets you a small feeling of relief and of retribution. I truly do not think this is emotional neglect on your parents, but i think youre the one not allowing yourself to feel. Starting destructive behaviours at 17, it sounds more like you need to find ways to actually process all your emotions. Not trying to make you feel unheard, but starting stuff at 17 is more likely to be an onset of another disorder than being an abuse response. Still sending lots of love. This sounds like you need to feel loved and validated which is why you think you relate tp the disorder, but understand its at an obsessive level. I think you really need a good psychologist and psychiatrist to figure out why at 17 youre starting to act up.
I am over weight because of my emotional eating. Very hard to control.
I have experienced all 4. I live with it everyday and yes, I have become numb.
I have three of the four problems. I haven't had addictions to substances, but I think the equivalent for me is obsessiveness with cleaning, organising, collecting, etc. I definitely do suffer from anxiety and depression, and constantly feel threatened for no reason.
I never knew I was emotionally neglected that's how deep the rabbit hole is for me
All of them.
Thanks, Alex. Always valuable.
Anxiety low self esteem depression and addiction
Anxiety.
Have all four straight down the line
Thanks again Alex
What is Alex Howard’s education and licensure?
All of the above. My parents loved me but were devastated by the loss of my brother through leukaemia he was sis I was seven. They could not give more than they did but without this tragedy it would have been ok. At five I remember thinking if your parents can’t live your nobody can.
All of them it's somewhat overwhelming
Alex, I love your work and your books...
Doing my thesis on crying in psychotherapy... and the attachment/cry response. is this too broad?
Learning to cry and feel emotions has been critical on my journey (now fully recovered from depression and 95% recovered from Fibromyalgia). Crying and learning to let go is an essential skill to have (I say skill as I was so emotionally repressed I never cried and had to relearn) as in life we are continuously having loss and having to let things and people go until the final letting go!
What a wonderful and important thesis topic! I don't think it is too broad to start with. You will find the focal point in the exploration. Wishing you the best!
I experience all the signs except anxiety. I do feel very safe and thankfully don’t have anxiety but the rest… sigh yep I got them
Thank you
All of them they have affected me bigtime
Low self esteem
Hey Alex you just nailed it there brother
All 4.
I have a therapist that helps me cope with all 4 of these. I'm working hard on these.
When it comes to emotions, my brain is always in self-preservation mode. When others experience strong emotions around me, I don't seem to be able to be there for them. I just shut down.
Depression, Anxiety as a result of lack from love and security.
it stays with one forever. This is fact
I actually have all of it, unfortunately. I'm now 61, and it's been an ongoing challenge .
All of them!
Feeling empty, alone, like I dont fit in. Depression, I also lack emotions to my children I feel like I dont know how to show them.
i don’t really have addiction to substances because my childhood trauma is partly caused by my parents’ addiction.
(but when i’m depressed, i tend to start eating a lot to satisfy my emotional needs
All 4 signs are active in my life.
i experienced all the emotional side missing.
but also, what if someone, a man, is judged by everyone in society that tgey interact eith as, literally worthless
I 've got all 4 of them. I only feel safe when I am alone. I am on med for 2 of them, and I can not really relax.
I feel depression, anxiety and low self esteem
All of them! My mother did an absolute whack job on me.
I have all 4, I am 60 years old and there IS also rage,
Until what age are these things most important? Is this early childhood you're talking about or all the way thru teens?
Anxiety
All of them
I've expewrienced all except depression .....
As a 65 yr old woman with all 4 it is still tormenting me into old age. Obesity is stopping me have surgery for spinal stenosis, so I’m becoming less mobile, I’ll end up in a wheelchair
Addiction (to porn), check. Anxiety, check. Depression, check. Low self esteem, check. And now they dare mad at me for refusing to get married, since I know I don't have what it requires emotionally to start my own family and give them grandchildren. Such is life of the eldest son of an Asian family 😅😅😅
Same.....I mean I'm not Asian but everything else is spot on
Sadly for me it's all 4.
Oh well it is what it is I guess
2 and 3
1 and 2
Yup, I put my hand up
LMAO
You dont need a RUclips video to know if you actually went through it.
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I think you missed one which is poor social skills, unless you’d put that under anxiety or self-esteem. I’ve noticed that the people I know who are most socially confident are those with loving and engaged parents. Obviously correlation is not causation though.
There is no help in Sweden.
BINGO!
Oh shit.
👹
Speak faster please
Way too scripted and rehearsed. Not nice.
I'm 27 years old but it's too late for me and this fits my life perfectly and it's crazy how the people who caused this are judging me on how i turned out
It’s not too late. Get yourself some help. I did when I was in my 30s. Now in my 40s my quality of life is so much better. I’m genuinely happy with who I am. It’s never too late.
I'm attending my sessions at 38