If you’ve always been “the strong one,” this episode on emotional neglect may explain why relationships still feel hard.

Emotional neglect isn’t about what happened, but what didn’t.

• Your needs were likely invisible
• You learned to be low-maintenance to feel loved
• You felt “too much” for having emotions

This early conditioning creates:

• Codependency
• People-pleasing
• Attraction to emotionally unavailable partners

At the root is a quiet belief: “If I had just been better, they would have loved me.”

Healing begins when you stop trying to be chosen—and start choosing yourself.

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