Mothers Who Can’t Love

Wonder if there’s something wrong with you that will keep you from being able to find a partner who loves you

Feel scared, guilty, and small, no matter how much you accomplish

Find yourself constantly chasing approval

Hide the details of your life and feelings from your mother, because you know she’ll find a way to use your truths against you

since a healthy man usually doesn’t marry or stay with an unstable woman

becomes an adult who tells herself she’ll never be good enough or lovable enough

But if her dominant behavior engenders in her daughter a belief in her own value and nourishes her self-respect, confidence, and safety, that mother is doing a good job, whether she’s a wonderful mom or just good enough