Why Boundaries With Your Parent Can Feel Impossible with Jessica Van Der Merwe
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges of setting boundaries with emotionally immature parents and the impact of complex trauma on adult children.
Send us Fan Mail The moment you ask for something small a knock before entering, a little privacy, a basic respect and the conversation somehow ends with you apologizing, you are not “too sensitive.” We dig into why interactions with emotionally immature parents and other emotionally immature people can feel so disorienting, especially for adult children of dysfunctional families carrying complex trauma. When your nervous system has learned that needs lead to backlash, even healthy boundaries...
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