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9 Things You Won’t Remember If You Had A Toxic Parent & What That Means

9 Things You Won’t Remember If You Had A Toxic Parent & What That Means | Mental Health & Emotional Wellness | Scoop.it
A toxic parent's actions can seem obvious in hindsight, making you question why you didn't see how wrong they were when you were young. But there are actually a lot of things you won't remember if you had a toxic parent, and it's the absences that…
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This phenomenon is explained in Dr Schnarch’s book Brain Talk. Repeatedly being exposed to traumatic mind mapping causes a breakdown in a child’s ability to mind map their parent and the capacity to mind map other people is impacted. This is why people end up marrying people similar to their toxic parent.

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