Psychology says people who grew up with very little affection don't become cold - they become hyper-attuned to other people's emotional states in a way that's both their greatest strength and their deepest exhaustion

The assumption is always the same. If you didn’t receive much warmth as a child, you must have trouble giving it. You must be emotionally shut down. Detached. Cold. But the research tells a completely different story. People who grew up without adequate affection don’t typically become emotionally numb. They become emotionally hypervigilant — exquisitely … Continue reading "Psychology says people who grew up with very little affection don’t become cold – they become hyper-attuned to other people’s emotional states in a way that’s both their greatest strength and their deepest exhaustion"