#childhood-influence tag

Research suggests the most exhausting kind of love isn't unrequited - it's the kind where you love someone completely and they love you completely and neither of you knows how to receive what the other is offering because both of your systems were calibrated in homes where love was either conditional, inconsistent, or delivered in a language the other person's body doesn't recognise - Silicon Canals

Understanding attachment styles can reveal why some loving relationships still feel unfulfilling.

The One and Only Sammy

When I was a kid, I was Sammy Davis Jr. before I was anyone else. I started my entertainment career as a tap dancer. That was what led to my first appearance on television, in Philadelphia on KYW-TV. I was 5 years old. Later that day, the parents of other dancers and talent-show participants complained that my afro had covered up their kids on-screen.

Television

Philosophy

fromemptywheel

5 months ago

More Responses to Existentialist Ambiguity - emptywheel

Childhood-shaped responses to existential ambiguity determine how people confront freedom, with types like serious persons and nihilists who either cling to or deny creating meaning.

Relationships

fromPsychology Today

7 months ago

Why You Keep Falling for Emotionally Unavailable People

People often unconsciously pursue relationships with those who cannot love them back, equating emotional unavailability with love.

fromHarvard Gazette

7 months ago

What your credit score says about how, where you were raised - Harvard Gazette

A strong predictor of an adult's bill-paying habits is the environment in which they grew up, revealing lifelong differences in repayment behavior by early adulthood.

Public health

Mental health

fromPsychology Today

9 months ago