Adult children

 Adult Children of Alcoholics

We don't know how to feel.

We don't know what feelings are appropriate.

We were raised to believe only our parents' emotions were valid.

Our emotions were not validated as children.

We learned to believe we had to agree with our parents' views of the world.

We live in fear of feeling inappropriate.

We don't speak up because we don't trust how we feel.

Others may think we're selfish and cold because we are afraid to speak about our feelings.

People don't know how frightened and confused we are when it comes to trusting our emotions or knowing how to process them.