My parents love me and I feel bad every time I think about emotional neglect.

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I was emotionally neglected as a minor, I felt unseen, ignored etc. while I have all the characteristics of emotional neglect, and I have been told the same by many professionals, I can’t help but feel bad every time I say it in my head because my parents were good people, they fed me, protected me, stuck up for me, gave me the things I wanted and loved me. I was always a quiet child and never showed my emotions, I don’t remember most of my childhood but as I said I felt ignored, but I still felt dearly loved.

Can you be emotionally neglected and have genuinely loving parents?

Posted Apr 9, 2026, 7:54 PM UTC

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