I watched my dad work sixty-hour weeks for forty years so we could have what he never did — and he died at 68 having never once prioritized his own happiness, and I’m terrified I’m doing the exact same thing with different vocabulary
Psychology says parents who can’t stop helping their adult children aren’t being loving — they’re unconsciously protecting themselves from the terror of becoming unnecessary
Psychology says children who grew up in homes where affection was never spoken but demonstrated through acts of service often display these 10 specific communication struggles in adult relationships — they learned love as labor, not language, and that translation error shapes every intimate connection they attempt to build
