Do you have a father wound? How your relationship with your father impacts you:
Our relationship with our father is one of our first relationships. How he interacts with you, meets (or does not your needs), and how he copes with life will greatly impact how you cope and view yourself.
Many fathers carry their own shame and generational trauma. Even the most well-meaning fathers will project these wounds onto their children.
A person who grows up with a father who's emotionally shut down and unable to connect might find themselves in relationships with emotionally unavailable people.
A person who grows up with a father who is hyper-critical and conditional with how he loves his children, might end up with with anxiety and crippling perfectionism.
A person who grew up with a father who left or was inconsistent in showing up might end up with severe trust issues. Or, a deep fear of abandonment.
@Theholisticpsyc How to solve this ma'am? My friend closely matches this very type (hyper critical father; herself a victim of anxiety and perfectionism), and is suffering a lot. Any advice is helpful. Thank you ma'am.
@Theholisticpsyc Wow. This is very timely. Thanks for sharing. So few adults even realize what even happened to them. Would these situations like a narcissistic father lead to potential borderline personality issues?
@Theholisticpsyc This hit the bulls eye. Thank you for saying it so clearly.