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| ea774b4 | "I was a very lonely child and it's funny but the first word that comes to my head is "starved". I felt starved of affection, starved of love and I felt that it wasn't OK to ask for it. Maybe there was a sense that if I deserved it, it would be there. There must be something I'd done which meant I didn't deserve it." -- | unmet-needs emotional-neglect lack-of-love self-blame starving unloved starved eating-disorder | Carol Lee | |
| c59bb10 | My parents never recognized the things that for me were achievements. I was praised for the things that came naturally to me, like my intelligence, but when I really put all my effort into looking nice (trying to), it went unrecognised. No-one ever told me I looked pretty or nice, or that I was a beautiful person (to them) and I needed them to... | childhood-neglect feeling-ignored feeling-ugly feeling-unloved unmet-needs emotional-neglect low-self-esteem | Carol Lee |