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Bad Parents? or Really Bad Parents?Toxic Parents - How do you know?The answer, you often don't. Very often it's a confusing mishmash of 'things don't go well.' It could be difficulties in relationships, careers, decision making, or depression haunting you. Often, if you've got toxic parents, you've been taught what they're doing is normal and you're not to question what they do. OR -- if you did question it, if you did know, and you started vocalizing your doubts, they doubled down on how they weren't toxic, you were. Which is another clue that you had toxic parents, that they blame you, the child, for what's going wrong with them, the adults. So, here's a quiz, from Susan Forward and her book Toxic Parents. It can help quell or confirm your suspicions, and if it turns out that you did, indeed, have toxic parents, you can identify this dynamic and can reclaim your life.
The Quiz:
If you answered yes to even one-third of these questions, there is a great deal in this book that can help you.
The benefit: In some ways, it's easier to leave sleeping dogs alone; just don't rock the boat. On the other hand, toxic parenting seeps into every aspect of a person's life, creating confusion and rage. If you had toxic parenting, getting out from under it is a life changer -- for the better! I'm also convinced that as a society we're inadvertently perpetuating toxic parenting, confusing toxic parenting with stern, righteous parenting. I very often hear folks say things that are patently the result of toxic parenting followed up with, 'And I'm just fine!' A great deal of energy goes into maintaining the facade of 'I'm just fine.' If you have any doubts, know that you can find a way through it that doesn't involve vilifying your parents. It does involve becoming your own person, though!
Lynn
Reiki Master
since 1997
02/28/18
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BooksI love books! These top three books help explain some about Resonance Repatterning® and PSYCH-KTM. I've linked into Amazon for convenience. (ha) I used to have an 'a-store;' those are gone now! And so are my reviews of things. If you go to the Old Favorites links, the info is old but there are some reviews there. When you are interested in getting a book, a lot of these are available at https://openlibrary.org/.
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