Emotional vulnerability is emotional sensitivity, emotional reactivity, and a slow return to emotional baseline. (Linehan study 1993a) An invalidating environment is when people/parents tell you you're wrong for experiencing your emotions. They may even punish you or ignore you when you get emotional. In some cases, people may acknowledge your emotions, but in a case where they are the ones causing them they will not stop, and instead keep doing what they're doing to hurt you. Another example of an invalidating environment, is when you are punished for being defensive or reacting in a defensive or emotional way during a conversation or argument. For example, if someone does or says something and you tell them that's not fair to you or that what they have done has hurt you and their response is 'waah, it's all about you isn't', then in turn you get defensive and upset because they didn't care how you felt, and finally their response is 'i'm not your emotional punching bag'. This will make anyone go crazy. Now put someone like a child a who naturally is emotionally dysregulated and its adults jobs to guide them into regulation. Invalidating children and any adult plants a seed of mental distress and disorders; that over time, without help and WITH persistent unhelpful invalidating environments, blossom into a plethora of mental and emotional struggles. ••• #bpd #mentalstruggles #invalidation #invalidatingenviroments #emotionaldysregulation #emotionallyvulnerable #parenting #relationships #kids #parents #moms #dads #childhood #family #growingup #mentalhealth #mentaldevelopment #attachment #understanding #yourinnerchild #innerchild #honestmomconfessions #honestparenting #embraceparenting #blogger #momblogger #thejudgementalmom https://www.instagram.com/p/B-5uHCSpoUY/?igshid=xcv9as8ttrqc
