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How Contradictory Parental Messages About Love Create Internal Conflict

My father was emotionally absent and my mother constantly complained about men, and now I find myself attracted to unavailable people while simultaneously resenting them for their unavailability.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You received opposing instructions about intimacy that now war within your own relationships.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Your Parents' Relationship and How It Shaped Yours?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.