when a child is ridiculed, shamed, hurt or ignored when she experiences and expresses a legitimate dependency need, she will later be inclined to attach those same affective tones to her dependency. Thus, she will experience her own (and perhaps others’) dependency as ridiculous, shameful, painful, or denied. - Dependency in the Treatment of complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders 2001Authors: Kathy Steele, Onno van der Hart, Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis

~ Kathy Steele

Kathy Steele Ashamed Denied Dependence Dependence And Attitude Dependency Emotional Abuse Emotional Needs Emotional Neglect Emotional Pain Emotional Wounds Internal Conflict Internal Voices Neediness Needing Needs Parenting Self Hate Self Hatred Shame Shaming