Hi Beth,
Being raised by someone who is still, mentally, a child does not prepare one well for adulthood.
Everything is done on a whim and rules are made daily. Promises are vast and not kept. There is always the expectation that you will be magically saved from a bad situation.
A child does not learn coping skills. A child does not learn discipline. A child does learn not to trust.
True, so true. I'm just recogniing the maturity level of the N who raised ne, I see it as around 8 years old. What I'd give to hear her story. But her jaws are locked where that is concerned. http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp On this test she comes out ESFJ which I think plays negatively into the arrested emotional development.
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