Breaking the Silence: Unpacking Childhood Emotional Neglect, Generational Trauma, and the Journey to Self-Reclamation
Introduction: The Invisible Wound For decades, psychological research has prioritized physical abuse, severe neglect, and overt trauma as the primary drivers of adult psychological distress. However, a quieter, more insidious phenomenon often slips beneath the radar: Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN). Unlike abuse, which leaves visible scars, CEN is defined by what did not happen—the validation,…
