Emotional permanence is the expectation that someone’s feelings about us are stable and consistent with and without their presence.
When we’ve experienced emotional neglect in childhood due to a narcissistic mother/parent, our ability to create emotional permanence in our adult relationships is hampered.
In this episode, I’m sharing my experience with emotional permanence, where it shows up in my life now and I manage my part while having the people in my life manage theirs.
CW: narcissism, trauma, childhood trauma, emotional neglect
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