{"id":23612,"date":"2025-12-11T00:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T00:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=23612"},"modified":"2025-12-11T00:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T00:40:08","slug":"8-things-only-someone-raised-by-an-emotionally-abusive-mom-will-understand-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=23612","title":{"rendered":"8 Things Only Someone Raised by an Emotionally Abusive Mom Will Understand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Growing up with emotional abuse\u2014especially from a mother\u2014can leave deep, invisible scars that follow a child into adulthood. Unlike physical abuse, emotional harm is subtle and harder to recognize, often disguised as \u201cdiscipline,\u201d \u201ctough love,\u201d or simply a parent having a bad day. But repeated criticism, manipulation, or withholding affection can shape a child\u2019s sense of safety, worth, and identity. Many who endure this don\u2019t realize the impact until they face challenges with confidence, trust, or relationships later in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emotional abuse occurs when a parent uses words, actions, or neglect to control or belittle a child. It includes constant criticism, humiliation, rejection, gaslighting, and emotional neglect. Even without visible injuries, research shows it can alter stress responses, harm self-esteem, and increase anxiety or depression. Over time, a child begins to believe their feelings don\u2019t matter, carrying that belief into adulthood. Recognizing these patterns is the first step toward healing and breaking cycles of harm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up with emotional abuse\u2014especially from a mother\u2014can leave deep, invisible scars that follow a child into adulthood. Unlike physical abuse, emotional harm is subtle and harder&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":165,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23614,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23612\/revisions\/23614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}