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Devilmaycry
created 2 years ago
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The silent treatment (also known as withholding) is used to punish and regain control of a person. It may feel good to ignore your partner when you feel slighted but, it keeps you from finding real solutions to the problems that are bugging you the most.
There are two main reasons why a parent would give their child/adult child the silent treatment: their parent is a narcissist or they are emotionally immature. The narcissistic parent likes to be in control at all times. ... The emotionally immature parent/self-absorbed gives the silent treatment. Put simply, they ignore you to regain control. The narcissist uses ignoring you as a way to punish for some wrongdoing you committed. They don't f...

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Madi 🐝
2 years ago
Aesthetically pleasing, poetically revealing; easily one of my top five essential posts.
Ps - you are the future therapist we will all need xo