{"id":136605,"date":"2021-03-03T19:16:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T17:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=136605"},"modified":"2021-03-03T19:17:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T17:17:00","slug":"what-is-emotional-neglect-and-how-to-cope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=136605","title":{"rendered":"What Is Emotional Neglect? And How to Cope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aJJ7YpW--dQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Emotional neglect &#8211; the withholding of parental love during childhood &#8211; can have a psychological impact no less profound than other forms of abuse. Before we can start to recover, we first need to acknowledge the scale of its effects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emotional neglect &#8211; the withholding of parental love during childhood &#8211; can have a psychological impact no less profound than other forms of abuse. 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