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New View, New You, New Life - by Rob White5 Primal Principles of Communication - by Rob White- Early Deprivation: Can Someone Associate Abuse With Survival If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperRight now, someone may be in a relationship that is anything but loving. So, they could be with someone who undermines them in a variety of different ways. For example, they could rarely be seen or heard, receive affection, often be put down and humiliated and even be physically harmed. They ...
Views: 49 - Early Deprivation: Can Early Deprivation Cause Someone To Lose Their Ability To Love? - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf one were to meet someone who they are attracted to and things went further, they could find that it is difficult for them to feel and express love for their partner. They are then going to be fond of them but they will feel restricted. This can mean that they will find it hard to access ...
Views: 48 - Are You Aligned With What You Want To Manifest? - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperThe other day, I was thinking about how, as human beings, we can say that we want one thing but do things that don’t match up with what we want. Along with this, we can question if it is possible to attain it and even criticise what we want. As a result of this, we might not be able to attain ...
Views: 47 - 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: 47 - Mother Wounds: Can A Man See Women As His Enemies If He Had An Abusive Mother? - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperNot too long ago, a man may have experienced a breakup. He may have been with a woman who didn’t treat him very well and be relieved that their time together has come to an end. If so, this would have been a relationship that was anything but harmonious and there wouldn’t have been a great ...
Views: 47 - Mother-Enmeshed Men: Did A Mother-Enmeshed Man’s Mother Only Give Him What He Needed To Survive? - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf a man is focused on his mother and is neglecting himself, it can be hard for the people in his life to understand what is going on. His friends and his girlfriend, if he has one, are then going to be confused. For them, it could be clear that he is living in the wrong way and needs to ...
Views: 47 - Early Deprivation: Can Early Deprivation Stop Someone From Being Able To Freely Express Themselves? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperEven though someone has the ability to express themselves, it doesn’t mean that they will. Instead, they can have the tendency to play a role. To use an analogy, it can be as if they have a car that they can drive anywhere but they continually drive the car to the same places. Living in this ...
Views: 46 - Mother Wounds: Can A Man Feel Inferior To Women If He Had An Abusive Mother? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf a man is in a relationship with a woman, he could spend a lot of time trying to please her. As a result, he will be focused on her needs and will do what he can to meet them. The outcome of this is that he won’t be connected to a number of his own needs and will neglect himself. Due to how ...
Views: 46 - Mother Wounds: Can A Man See Women As A Threat If His Mother Was Abusive? - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperAlthough certain areas of a man’s life might be going well, there might be one area that isn’t and it might have been this way for a while. So, his career could be going in the right direction and he might have a number of close friends, for instance. However, when it comes to his love life, ...
Views: 46 - Early Deprivation: Can Early Deprivation Cause Someone To Carry Split-Off Child Parts? - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperAlthough someone’s childhood will be well and truly behind them, it doesn’t mean that they have fully moved on from this stage of their life. Due to this, what happened and the impact it had on them can still have a big effect on their life. However, if they are not aware of this, what is ...
Views: 45 - Mother Wounds: Can A Man Try To Be Accepted By Women If His Mother Was Emotionally Unavailable? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf a man were to step back and reflect on his life, what he may see is that he spends a lot of time trying to please women. So, over the years he might have been in a number of relationships where he lost himself. Therefore, thanks to how focused he was on trying to make the women happy, he ...
Views: 45 - Mother Wounds: Can A Man Be Guarded Around Women If He Had An Abusive Mother? - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf a man were to step back and reflect on his life, what he may find is that he has the tendency to be aloof when he is around women. As a result of this, he will come across as distant and it won’t be possible for a woman to connect to him. He could see that this has largely stopped him from ...
Views: 44 - Mother Wounds: Can A Man Hide His True Self Around A Woman If His Mother Was Abusive? - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperWhen a man starts dating a woman, he can end up putting on an act. This can be something that just takes place, as opposed to him consciously choosing to behave this way. So, he can come across as confident and as though nothing bothers him. As a result, he is going to hide certain parts of ...
Views: 43 - 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: 42 - Mother Wounds: Can A Mans Ability To Bond With A Women Be Destroyed If He Had An Abusive Mother? - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperAlthough a man can have the need to be with a woman and experience intimacy, he might not have been able to meet this need. His life might have been this way for as long as he can remember. Thanks to this, he might believe that what is going on ‘out there’ is the issue. Then again, he might ...
Views: 42 - Early Deprivation: Can Early Deprivation Stop Someone From Being Able To Individuate? - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperEven though someone is a separate individual, who has their own needs, feelings and life to lead, it doesn’t mean that they will act like one. Instead, they can act as though they are an extension of others and are thus, are here to meet their needs. Due to this, they can then typically meet ...
Views: 41 - Mother Women: Can A Man Believe That Women Hate Him If He Had An Abusive Mother? - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf a man were to step back and reflect on his life, he may find that he generally doesn’t feel comfortable when he is around women. So, he could he could typically feel anxious and find it hard it relax. As a result of this, he is rarely, if ever, going to fully show up when he is around ...
Views: 41 - SMILE! You’ll Live Longer - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2025 from Noelle NelsonI don’t think my ballroom instructor/dance partner was concerned with my longevity when he barked “You gotta smile!” at me as we practiced for an upcoming competition. I’m like “Really? Besides remembering my patterns, keeping my upper body lifted, my feet grounded, my legs long, my head up and ...
Views: 41 - Early Deprivation: Can Early Deprivation Give Someone The Need To Die Whenever They Suffer? - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone has just gone through a breakup, they can be in a bad way mentally and emotionally. Due to this, what can often enter their mind is the thought of ending their life. To a big part of them, this can be seen as the only way out of the misery that they are experiencing. And, just ...
Views: 40 - Early Deprivation: Can Early Deprivation Stop Someone From Developing An Energetic Boundary? - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperWhat someone may find, if they were to step back and reflect on their life, is that they find it hard to feel safe. Due to this, they can spend a lot of time feeling exposed, with it being normal for them to feel anxious and even fearful. The outcome of this is that they are seldom going to ...
Views: 40 - Mother-Enmeshed Men: Can A Woman Feel Guilty After She Leaves A Mother-Enmeshed Man? - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperAfter having been with a man who is overly focused on his mother for a little while, a woman can think about cutting her ties with him. This is because she might not have the energy or the desire to continue living in this way. But, if she has been in this position for a number of months or ...
Views: 39 - Child Abuse: Can Someone Be Unable To Freely Express Themselves If They Were Abused As A Child? - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperWhat someone may find, if they were to step back and reflect on their life, is that they generally act as though they are an extension of others. Due to this, they will typically be focused on other people’s needs and do what they can to meet them. It is then going to be normal for them to ...
Views: 38 - Mother Wounds: Can A Man Have A Negative View Of Women If His Mother Was Abusive? - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf a man were to step back and reflect on how he sees women, he could find that he doesn’t have a positive view of them. So, he could see them as being out of reach, cold, critical and emotionally unstable. This can show that, over the years, he has been with a number of women who were like ...
Views: 38 - Early Deprivation: What Can Someone Believe If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperAlthough someone might not be aware of what they believe about themselves, what they believe will still have a big impact on the experience that they have. What this illustrates is how powerful their beliefs are. When it comes to why they wouldn’t be aware of what they believe about ...
Views: 37 - Early Deprivation: Can Early Deprivation Cause Someone’s Emotional Self To Withdraw? - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperWhat someone may have come to see, if they have been reflecting on how they experience life, is that they don’t have a good connection with their emotional self. In general, it might be as if they don’t have an emotional self. If this is the case, they are typically not going to be aware of ...
Views: 36 - Early Deprivation: Can Early Deprivation Cause Someone’s True Self To Withdraw? - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperWhat someone may find, if they were to step back and reflect on how they behave, is that they typically play a role. This can be something that takes place without them needing to think about it. As a result, they can have the tendency to be easy-going and do what they can to please others. ...
Views: 31 - Early Deprivation: Can A Man Have A Lot Of Unmet Developmental Needs To Grieve If He Had An Emotionally Unavailable Mother? - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperEven if a man had a mother who was emotionally unavailable and unable to provide him with the emotional nutrients that he needed, it doesn’t mean that he will be aware of this. He might not remember a great deal about this stage of his life. But, if he were to think about this stage, he could ...
Views: 31 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Be Out Of Touch With Their True Self If They Had A Narcissistic Mother? - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone were able to step back and reflect on their life, what they may find is that they have the tendency to please others. They can see that this takes place without them having to think about it. Along with this, they can find that they don’t have a good connection with their needs and ...
Views: 30 - 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: 30 - Healing: Can It Be Hard For Someone To Heal If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperFor a little while now, someone may have been doing what they can to put their childhood behind them and live a life worth living. But, no matter what they have done, they might not have been able to truly put the past behind them. Nonetheless, this is not to say that they won’t have made any ...
Views: 27 - Loss: Can Someone Lose The Desire To Be Alive After They Have Experienced A Loss? - by Submitted on May 05, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone has recently experienced a loss, they could be in a very bad way. They can have moments when they feel very sad and can’t stop crying, and moments when they shut down and are unable to feel anything. Along with this, they can find it hard to get out of bed in the morning and ...
Views: 27 - Early Deprivation: Can Early Deprivation Cause Someone To Have Bad Dreams? - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperRecently, someone might have had a number of strange dreams. These can be dreams where they end up being rejected and left, and even cut off from others. There can also be moments when they are attacked and end up being harmed. Either way, thanks to what happens when they are asleep, it might ...
Views: 25 - 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: 25 - Healing: Can Someone Use Their Imagination To Heal Themselves? - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone was greatly deprived during their formative years and is not in a good way now that they are an adult, the logical thing will be for them to do what they can to heal themselves. To do this, they can read books, take courses and work with a therapist or healer. By taking these steps ...
Views: 25 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Associate Receiving Attention With Being Humiliated If They Had An Abusive Mother? - by Submitted on May 20, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperEven though someone will have the need to be seen and heard, this need might rarely, if ever, be met. The reason for this is that they could do what they can to stay in the background. So, when they are at work, with friends and even with family, they could prefer to let other people talk and ...
Views: 24 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Believe That There Is Not Enough If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on May 20, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone were to step back and reflect on their life, what they might find is that it’s as though they live in a desert. The reason for this is that they could seldom, if ever, receive what they need. So, they might generally be able to meet the needs that allow them to survive, but that ...
Views: 24 - 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: 24 - 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: 23 - 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: 23 - Early Deprivation: Can It Be Harder For Someone To Handle A Loss If They Experienced Early Deprivation? - by Submitted on May 20, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperRecently, someone may have experienced a loss, and since then, they might not have been in a good way. If this is the case, they are going to be in a position where they find it hard to function. Now, they might have experienced a breakup or lost a loved one. Either way, they can find it hard ...
Views: 22 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Act Like An Extension Of Others If They Had A Narcissistic Mother? - by Submitted on May 05, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperWhat someone can see, if they were to step back and reflect on how they behave, is that they typically act as though they are an extension of others. They are then going to be a separate human being who has their own needs, feelings and life to lead, but they won’t act like one. In general, ...
Views: 22 - 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: 22 - Early Deprivation: What Can Happen If A Man Had An Authoritarian Mother? - by Submitted on May 03, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperAlthough a man needed an attentive and caring mother, he may have had a mother who was seldom, if ever, attentive or caring. Throughout this stage of his life, she might have been more like his master than his mother. The outcome of this is that he would have been more like her slave than her ...
Views: 22 - Early Deprivation: Can Someone Be Developmentally Stunted If They Had A Narcissistic Mother? - by Submitted on May 20, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone were to step back and reflect on how they experience life, what they might find is that they don’t have a strong sense of self. So, instead of feeling like a strong and capable adult who can direct their life, they can feel like a weak and incapable child who needs others to direct ...
Views: 20 - Mother-Enmeshed Men: Is A Woman A Powerless Victim If She Ends Up With Mother-Enmeshed Men? - by Submitted on May 20, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperRight now, a woman might be with a man who is emotionally unavailable and is often physically out of reach. If so, when she is with him, she won’t be able to connect to him emotionally, and she will rarely, if ever, see him. The reason for this is that he can be focused on his mother’s needs ...
Views: 20 - Therapy: Can Therapy Be Another Way For Someone To Struggle For Love? - by Submitted on May 20, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperIf someone feels the call to have therapy, it can be due to a variety of different reasons. So, they could suffer from anxiety and/or depression, struggle to feel good about themselves, and/or they could have relational challenges. Either way, after they have found a therapist who is right ...
Views: 20 - Early Deprivation: Can Early Deprivation Cause Someone To Hide Their Needs? - by Submitted on May 20, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperWhat can be normal is for someone to focus on other people’s needs and ignore their own. This is something that can take place without them consciously choosing to behave in this way. Apart from meeting their basic needs, then, they will have the tendency to overlook their other needs. And ...
Views: 19 - Relationships: Can A Man Have The Need To Save Women If His Mother Was Abused By His Father? - by Submitted on May 20, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperRight now, a man could spend time with a woman who is with a man who is mistreating her. When they get together, they may or may not get affectionate and have sex, but he can spend a lot of time listening to her and being supportive. He can often tell her that she doesn’t deserve to be ...
Views: 19 - Early Deprivation: Can Early Deprivation Cause Someone Be Attracted To People Who Will Cheat On Them? - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperRecently, someone may have found out that their partner has cheated on them. Then again, they might have found out that this has taken place more than once, and that this has been going on for a little while. Either way, thanks to what has happened, they can be in a bad way, both mentally and ...
Views: 15 - Early Deprivation: Can A Man Struggle To Make Unresponsive Women Responsive If He Had An Emotionally Unavailable Mother? - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2025 from Oliver JR CooperRight now, a man could be dating a woman who rarely has time for him, and when she is around, she could typically be somewhere else mentally and emotionally. This might have been going on for a few weeks or months. Either way, thanks to what is going on, he is likely to spend a lot of time ...
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