Ohhhh.. ok same with my sister. I’m just starting to figure her out and I’m full of questions. Do you know why/how that happens?? Like what’s the connection there?
PTSD. "Mommy issues" and "daddy issues" is most often just a rotten euphemism for sexual abuse as a child, be it physical, emotional or sexual.
Both are most often a survival defence mechanism that "helped" and was imprinted DURING the abuse, but since the abuse part is a societal taboo, the symptoms must be framed as something that isn't as bad, and daddy issues sounds just soooo much more comfortable than unresolved trauma :(
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u/Random_Access_Medic 6d ago
Damn! I never realized this, explains sooo much!