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- Early Deprivation: Can Someone Believe That They Are Not Good Enough If They Had A Narcissistic Mother? - by Submitted on May 20, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperWhat someone could see is that no matter what they do or achieve, they don’t feel worthy or deserving of having their needs met. Instead, they can have the sense that they are worthless and undeserving. Now, if they were to reach out to a friend and talk about what is going on for them, they ...
Views: 33 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Believe That They Deserve To Be Punished If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone were to take a step back and reflect on their life, what they find is that they are often not treated very well by others. So, when they are around their friends, perhaps family and at work, they could often be put down and ignored, for instance. Then again, they might typically ...
Views: 71 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Believe That They Don’t Matter If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2024 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone were to take a step back and reflect on their life, what might soon stand out is that their life is not very fulfilling. But, if this is so, they might not believe that they deserve to experience life differently. They could believe that it doesn’t matter what their needs are or ...
Views: 208 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Believe That They Need To Earn The Right To Exist If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2024 from Oliver JR CooperWhat can be normal is for someone to spend most of their time doing things. Therefore, they will rarely if ever take the time to relax and recharge. But, if this was pointed out to them, it doesn’t mean that they would be able to accept this. For example, they could say that life is too short ...
Views: 353 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Carry A Felt Sense Of Helplessness If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperEven though someone is not powerless, it doesn’t mean that they will realise this. In general, they could feel totally helpless and as though they have no control over their life. But, if this is just what is normal, they might not be consciously aware of how they feel. As a result, there ...
Views: 67 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Carry A Lot Of Grief If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone has just experienced a loss, they can be in a very bad way mentally, emotionally and physically. So, they can find it hard to concentrate, be filled with sadness and it can be difficult for them to do anything. Thus, due to what is going on for them, it is not going to be possible ...
Views: 45 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Fall Apart Without External Structure If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on May 18, 2024 from Oliver JR CooperIn general, someone could be fairly settled and only experience anxiety and fear, for example, from time to time. Due to this, they could see themselves as someone who is in a good way mentally and emotionally. However, although they can have this outlook, it doesn’t mean that this is ...
Views: 166 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Fear Being Abandoned If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2023 from Oliver JR CooperEven if someone is in a good position financially, it doesn’t mean that they will typically feel settled. They can often feel anxious and as though something bad is about to happen. Now, irrespective if they are in a good position financially, if they were to take a closer look at why they ...
Views: 401 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Fear Being In Their Body If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperPractically from the moment that someone wakes up until they go to bed at night, they could be on the go. When they are not working, then, they can be exercising, practising a hobby or out socialising. They can come across as confident, high-energy and as someone who is not afraid to try new ...
Views: 52 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Fear That They Are Going To Die If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2024 from Oliver JR CooperEven if someone fears that they are going to die, it doesn’t mean that they will generally be aware of this. Now, there will be a time when their life will come to an end; of course, death is part of life. However, the difference here is that when it comes to the former, this will be ...
Views: 170 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Feel Guilty For Being Happy If They Had A Depressed Mother? - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone were to step back and reflect on their life, what they may find is that they rarely feel happy or experience joy. In general, then, they are going to spend a lot of time feeling flat or down. What might stand out is that they have been this way for as long as they can remember. If ...
Views: 56 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Feel Invisible If They Had A Narcissistic Parent? - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2023 from Oliver JR CooperEven though someone will exist and, thus, will be able to be seen and heard by others, it doesn’t mean that they will typically feel seen and heard. If they were to think about how they generally experience life, it could be as if they are not real. When they are around others, then, it could ...
Views: 250 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Feel Like An Imposter If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperOver the years, someone may have put a lot of effort into their career. Thanks to this, they might have been able to make a lot of progress, with them achieving a high position and doing well financially. However, regardless of whether they hold a high position or are well off financially, ...
Views: 55 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Feel Worthless If They Were Treated Like An Object During Their Early Years? - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone were to take a step back and reflect on their life, what they may find is that they are often treated badly. Along with this, they could see that they generally don’t treat themselves very well. However, they could see that being treated badly feels comfortable and that it takes a ...
Views: 72 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Find It Hard To Be Motivated If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperFor a while now, someone might not have been able to do something that they want to do. When it comes to what it is that they want to do, they might want to join a gym, travel or move to a different area, for instance. Now, they might have wanted to do something for a few weeks, months or ...
Views: 1 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Find It Hard To Trust Themselves If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperEven though someone might want to do something, it doesn’t mean that they will take the next step. Instead, they can continually put it off; with them wondering what it would be like if they do do it. There might not just be one thing that they continually put off - there could be a number of ...
Views: 2 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Have A Fear Of Abandonment If Their Parents’ Had An Unstable Relationship? - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2023 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone was to take a step back and reflect on their life, what might end up standing out is that they have a strong fear of being left. So, they can believe that their friends are going to leave them and perhaps their partner, if they have one. By being this way, they could see that they ...
Views: 225 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Have A Fear Of Being Narcissistic If They Grew Up With A Narcissistic Parent? - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2023 from Oliver JR CooperIn general, someone could do their best to not stand out, to not need much and to be there for others. This can mean that they will often monitor themselves to make sure that they are behaving in the right way. Due to being this way, it is likely to mean that they won’t receive a great deal ...
Views: 276 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Have A Fear Of Falling Apart If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2024 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone were to step back and reflect on their life, what they may find is that it is a very repetitive life. So, they could work during the week, go shopping a few times, watch TV in the evening, and perhaps see a friend or two. Regardless of if they live in this way or a way that is very ...
Views: 90 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Have A Needless False Self If They Had A Depriving Childhood? - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperEven though someone will have a number of different needs, it doesn’t mean that they will be in touch with all of their needs, let alone do what they can to meet them. Instead, they can only be in touch with a few of their needs and they might not always do what they can to meet these ...
Views: 74 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Have An Outer-Directed False Self If They Had A Narcissistic Mother? - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone were to step back and reflect on their life, what they might see is that they have the tendency to focus on others and do what they can to please them. This can be something that just takes place without them having to think about it. So, when they are around another person, they ...
Views: 2 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Have An Underdeveloped Sense Of Self If They Had A Narcissistic Mother? - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperWhat can be normal is for someone to spend a lot of time feeling empty and as though they are missing something. Along with this, they can often feel invisible and question if they even exist. As a result, they are not going to feel whole and complete and know that other people can see them ...
Views: 36 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Have The Need To Behave As An Object If They Were Abused As A Child? - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperWhat someone may find, if they were to step back and reflect on their life, is that they have the tendency to act as if they are an object that exists to serve others. So, they could find that they are often doing things for others and seldom there for themselves. Therefore, if they are not ...
Views: 80 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Have The Need To Stay Small If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2023 from Oliver JR CooperAlthough someone will have their own life, it doesn’t mean that they will freely express themselves. In general, they could be in the background and even spend a lot of time vicariously living their life through others. However, if this is just what is normal, they might not realise that they ...
Views: 232 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Have The Tendency To Feel Lonely If They Had A Narcissistic Mother? - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperWhat someone may find, if they were to step back and reflect on how they often feel, is that they often feel lonely. This is then going to be a time when they experience pain, as they are unable to meet their need to connect to another or others. Now, this could show that they spend a lot of ...
Views: 35 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Hide Their True Self If They Had A Narcissistic Mother? - by Submitted on May 03, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone were to take a step back and reflect on their life, what they may see is that they have the tendency to hide themselves around others. Due to this, they won’t freely express who they are. The outcome of this is that they will hide a number of their needs and how they feel. They can ...
Views: 32 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Lack A Felt Sense Of Belonging If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2024 from Oliver JR CooperEven though someone has the right to be here and have their needs met, it doesn’t mean that they will know this at the core of their being. Instead, deep down, they can have the sense that they don’t deserve to be here or have their needs met. Now, although this is something that they can be ...
Views: 163 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Move On From Early Deprivation By ‘Rewiring Their Brain’? - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone had a less than nurturing childhood, they might not be in a good way now that they are an adult. For example, they could often experience anxiety and fear and feel low. As a result of this, it can be hard for them to function. Due to this, they are likely to want to find a way to ...
Views: 19 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Need To Reclaim Their Voice If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperWhat someone may find, if they step back and reflect on their life, is that they tend to keep their thoughts and feelings to themselves. Along with this, they can see that they typically do what other people want and what they think they want. Thanks to this, it will be normal for them to act ...
Views: 76 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone See Themselves As An Object If Their Parent Treated Them Like One? - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperAlthough someone is a human being, and has needs, feelings and inherent worth, it doesn’t mean that they will act like one. Instead, they can typically act as though they are an object that exists to meet other people’s needs. The outcome of this is that they will typically ignore a number of ...
Views: 11 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Struggle With Jealousy If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2023 from Oliver JR CooperWhat someone may come to see, if they were to take a step back and reflect on their life, is that they have the tendency to feel jealous. But, this might not be something that they experience from time to time; no, it could be something that is a regular occurrence. Consequently, when they ...
Views: 237 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Treat Themselves Like An Object If Their Parent Treated Them Like One? - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperEven though someone is a human being who has needs and feelings, it doesn’t mean that they will act like one. Instead, they can act more like a machine that exists to perform one or a number of functions. But, if behaving in this way is just what is normal, they might not be aware of what is ...
Views: 85 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Try To Make Unresponsive People Responsive If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on May 20, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperWhat someone may find, if they were to step back and reflect on their life, is that they continually end up with people who are emotionally unavailable. As a result of this, they are going to be used to being deprived in this area of their life. Additionally, they may have had a very similar ...
Views: 34 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Unconsciously Create A Depriving Life If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2024 from Oliver JR CooperThere can be the life that someone wants to live and then, there can be the life they have. So, they can want to have a life where they are surrounded by people who value and love them, be in an intimate relationship with someone who also values and loves them, and have a career that is deeply ...
Views: 121 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Unconsciously Recreate Depriving Situations From Their Childhood In Order To Try To Be Loved? - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2023 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone is in a position where they continually end up being deprived of what they need, it is naturally going to have a negative effect on them. So, what could be normal is for them to lack the emotional and financial support they need, be alone, and not be valued or loved. As a result of ...
Views: 307 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Use Success To Try To Be Accepted If They Were Not Affirmed As A Child? - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2023 from Oliver JR CooperIn general, someone could spend most of their life doing things, and this can mean that they are fairly ‘successful’. So, they could have a well-paid job, an expensive car, and a big house and they could have a desirable partner. If this is the case, they will look as though they have it all ...
Views: 327 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Wait For Another Person To Take Care Of Them If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2023 from Oliver JR CooperEven though someone is not a child, it doesn’t mean that they will feel like a strong and capable adult. But, if experiencing life in this way is just a normal part of their life, they might not be aware of this. Another part of this is that they might both consciously and unconsciously do ...
Views: 275 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone’s Connection To Their Emotional Self Be Severed If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperEven though someone has a mental, emotional and instinctual self, it doesn’t mean that they are generally in touch with each of these parts. In general, they can be in touch with what is going on for them at a mental level but that’s about it. But, if this is just what is normal, they won’t ...
Views: 83 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone’s Life Take On A Symbolic Meaning If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperEven though someone can want to achieve one or a number of things, it doesn’t mean that they will be fully aware of why this is. This is because they can be out of touch with what is truly driving them. What this illustrates is that there is their conscious mind or conscious sense of ...
Views: 70 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone’s Sense Of Self Be Built On Pain If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperEven though someone has a body, it doesn’t mean that they will typically inhabit their body. Instead, they can live in their head, with them having a weak connection with their body. As a result of this, they are going to live on the surface of themselves and they won’t have access to all of ...
Views: 96 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone’s Unmet Developmental Need To Be Cared For Cause Them To Act Helpless? - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2024 from Oliver JR CooperWhat someone may find, if they were to step back and reflect on their life, is that they haven’t been able to get it together, so to speak. So, unlike their friends, they could often struggle for money and have a job that is anything but fulfilling. Additionally, they could often be in a ...
Views: 208 - Early Deprivation: Can The Fear Of Abandonment Stop A Man From Being Able To Assert Himself? - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2024 from Oliver JR CooperWhat a man may find, if he were to step back and reflect on how he behaves, is that it is hard for him to stand up for and express himself. In fact, he might see that this is something that seldom takes place. As a result of this, it will be normal for him to be mistreated and to do what ...
Views: 101 - Early Deprivation: Did Early Deprivation Cause A Parent To Be Narcissistic? - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2024 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone was brought up by a narcissistic parent, they are unlikely to be in a good way now that they are an adult. This is, of course, assuming that they haven’t started to heal any of their inner wounds. Ultimately, at this stage of their life, in order to grow and develop in the right ...
Views: 197 - Early Deprivation: Does Someone Engage In Repetition Compulsion To Avoid Their Emotional Truth? - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2022 from Oliver JR CooperWhat someone may find, if they were able to step back and reflect on their life, is that they continually end up in situations where they feel unloved, unwanted and even invisible. Now, this could mean that they have had a number of relationships that have been anything but fulfilling. But, ...
Views: 245 - Early Deprivation: Does Someone Need To Face The Pain Of Being Unloved In Order To Heal? - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2022 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone missed out on the love that they needed in order to grow and develop very early on, it doesn’t mean that they will be aware of this. Most of what took place during this stage of their life could be a mystery to them. However, even if this is the case, it doesn’t mean that this ...
Views: 289 - Early Deprivation: Does Someone Need To See Their Depriving Parents Clearly If They Feel Worthless And Unlovable? - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2024 from Oliver JR CooperEven if someone feels worthless and unlovable, it doesn’t mean that they will be consciously aware of this. But, if this is not something that they are aware of, what is going on for them is still going to have an impact on their life. It is likely to influence how they perceive reality, how ...
Views: 347 - Early Deprivation: Is An OnlyFans Model Unconsciously Trying To Meet Her Unmet Developmental Needs? - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperAlthough there are numerous OnlyFans models, there are only a few that are well-known. Some of the well-known ones have been on TV, radio and have been featured in newspapers and magazines. Furthermore, the women who reach this level may have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, if not ...
Views: 29 - Early Deprivation: Is Feeling Depressed Part Of Healing From Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2023 from Oliver JR CooperIn today’s world, if someone is depressed, it is often seen as a sign that they are not in a good way. As a result of this, they can end up going on medication or be encouraged to develop a number of goals. If the former takes place, they might not end up feeling great but they might be able ...
Views: 238 - Early Deprivation: Is Self-Hate Passed Down From One Generation To Another? - by Submitted on May 12, 2024 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone were to take a step back and reflect on their life, what they might find is that they find it hard to feel good about themselves. What could stand out, if they were to take a closer look at how they feel during these moments, is that they feel worthless, unlovable and deeply ...
Views: 234 - Early Deprivation: Someone Feel Invisible If They Had A Parent Who Was Emotionally Blind? - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2024 from Oliver JR CooperAfter feeling lonely for many years and becoming aware of this, someone could find that they have the tendency to feel invisible. They are then going to exist and be able to be seen by others but they generally won’t feel as though they exist or are seen by others. Naturally, experiencing ...
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