@professor.steph: The ability for an infant to survive is DIRECTLY dependent on the parent tending to the child’s emotional and physical needs. Infants NEED parents to care when they are afraid, in pain/distress, experiencing discomfort from hunger and thirst, want a bid for connection, need to be regulated + soothed and so so much more. With emotionally inaccessible parents, children learn to subvert their emotional needs in order to at least get their physical needs met. However, once a child becomes an adult, they can then tend to their own physical needs and have greater access to others’ emotional support. In this way, if the adult child is not getting their emotional needs supported by their parents, nor their physical needs, they can still survive and even expand their emotional wellness through estrangement, no contact, and low contact. SO! Because this bond becomes optional in adulthood, it is a very big deal for adult children to ask for their parents to attend family therapy with them. #family #mom #dad #kids #childhood #childhoodtrauma #trauma #cptsd #traumatherapy #familytherapy #attachment #nocontact #estranged #parent #parents #parenting #parentingtip #psychology #parenting101 #gentleparenting #mentalhealthmatters #MentalHealth #communication #therapy #therapytiktok #therapist #therapistsontiktok #fyp #foryou

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