“I find it difficult to be away from my parents. It’s like a drug that I know is dangerous, but I still can’t stop it.”– writes Mari on the Instagram account “Toxic Parents”, which has more than 60,000 followers and in which such testimonies are abundant. “It took years to get over my unhealthy relationship with my mother”,-says another Internet user who, like her two sisters, cut off contact with her mother.
Every parent sometimes gives up hurtful words or makes an unfair decision. But some have adopted a way of interacting that systematically devalues their offspring and continue to do so even into adulthood.
We are talking about toxic or “psychopathic” parents. Their behavior has devastating consequences. According to the book’s author, psychotherapist Emmanuel Ballet de Coqueromont, they represent less than 5% of the population. Your parents are no longer your parents (Eyrolles…
Source: Le Figaro
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