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I grew up in a home where emotions weren’t talked about, at least not in healthy ways. Anger was loud, love was quiet and vulnerability didn’t feel safe. Emotional neglect and verbal abuse shaped much of my understanding of relationships and for a long time, I carried those patterns without realizing it. When I became a parent, I was determined to do things differently, but that didn’t mean it was easy. In therapy, I often found myself worried about the moments I lost patienc