Cassandra65
Member
Dear friends
I've been having counseling for a while now, and my counselor recently introduced me to CEN (Childhood emotional neglect). There is a simple questionnaire you can do to see if you're suffering from CEN here... Emotional Neglect Questionnaire | Dr. Jonice Webb
I was shocked by how many of the CEN questions referred to feelings/thoughts/behaviours that I'd previously labelled 'ND' traits.
There have been a few discussions about potential genetic components linked with being ND, personally I've been wondering if there may be a nurture aspect to it too. I worked in cancer research for a long time and I know that no two cancers are the same as almost they all of them have been through on average ten changes to go from a perfectly normal cell to an aggressive metastatic cell; some of these changes are inherited, some are acquired during life; and I wonder if the same applies to ND. Particularly since it seems to me that no two NDs are the same - we have similarities, but I see ND as a field - we're all standing in it somewhere but all in our own unique positions, and some of us are further away from those on the opposite corner of the field than we are from some 'normies'.
My counselor told me recently that it's very common for ND traits to become worse with age, and for ND people to struggle increasingly as they get older. This suggests to me that 'nurture'/experience may be an inducing/enhancing factor.
I'm very interested to see if anyone else here identifies with any CEN traits, or is it just me!?
Thank you for your time
I've been having counseling for a while now, and my counselor recently introduced me to CEN (Childhood emotional neglect). There is a simple questionnaire you can do to see if you're suffering from CEN here... Emotional Neglect Questionnaire | Dr. Jonice Webb
I was shocked by how many of the CEN questions referred to feelings/thoughts/behaviours that I'd previously labelled 'ND' traits.
There have been a few discussions about potential genetic components linked with being ND, personally I've been wondering if there may be a nurture aspect to it too. I worked in cancer research for a long time and I know that no two cancers are the same as almost they all of them have been through on average ten changes to go from a perfectly normal cell to an aggressive metastatic cell; some of these changes are inherited, some are acquired during life; and I wonder if the same applies to ND. Particularly since it seems to me that no two NDs are the same - we have similarities, but I see ND as a field - we're all standing in it somewhere but all in our own unique positions, and some of us are further away from those on the opposite corner of the field than we are from some 'normies'.
My counselor told me recently that it's very common for ND traits to become worse with age, and for ND people to struggle increasingly as they get older. This suggests to me that 'nurture'/experience may be an inducing/enhancing factor.
I'm very interested to see if anyone else here identifies with any CEN traits, or is it just me!?
Thank you for your time