For those who didn't experience love growing up ..

Do you feel that affects how you view love now?

Do you believe you don't deserve it because of the lack of it as a child?😢💗😟

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zonavar68 · 56-60, M

From an adult/romantic/sexual persective absolutely definitely I feel that a huge lack of love and empathy from my parents that divorced when I was 12 has contributed to my neuro-divergency flaring in maturity and making me doubt whether I'm both capable of and worthy of adult love.

The two relationships I had that self-destructed for different reasons haven't helped as I don't feel they gave me any positive boost to my self-worth/esteem/confidence.