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Feeling Unloved as a Child? 11 Effects on Adulthood and How to Heal

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Feeling unloved in childhood may affect your adult self in many ways. Learn about the long-term effects of an unloved childhood and how to heal.

Feeling unloved as a child can have long-lasting effects from lack of trust to mental health conditions, but healing is possible. Share on Pinterest jacobia dahm/Getty Images If you had an unloving childhood and your emotional needs went unmet by your caretakers, you’re not alone. This experience is common, and the effects can run deep and long term. “Parenting and early life experiences set the stage for a child’s sense of what it is to be loved and safe in an often-confusing world,” says clinical psychologist Carla Marie Manly , PhD from Santa Rosa, California. “When a child is neglected, re

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