{"id":4156,"date":"2016-03-04T06:43:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T14:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=4156"},"modified":"2016-03-03T06:44:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T14:44:31","slug":"link-childhood-emotional-neglect-makes-adult-life-feel-meaningless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/03\/04\/link-childhood-emotional-neglect-makes-adult-life-feel-meaningless\/","title":{"rendered":"Link &#8211; How Childhood Emotional Neglect Makes Adult Life Feel Meaningless"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2495,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1phRDki&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1phRDki&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;One of the most pernicious results of Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN) is also, amazingly, the most directly fixable.<\/p>\n<p>Who hasn\u2019t, at some moments of their lives, wondered what it\u2019s all for?<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the point?<\/p>\n<p>Why am I here on this earth?<\/p>\n<p>What am I supposed to be doing?<\/p>\n<p>Does anything really matter?<\/p>\n<p>I have noticed that some people struggle more than others with these questions.<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019ve also realized that there seems to be something about growing up emotionally neglected that predisposes you even more to this struggle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what could that possibly be??!\u201d you may be wondering, just as I have wondered for years.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I\u2019d like to share my best answers to all of these questions. Of course I don\u2019t claim to know the meaning of life. But I can surely talk about what makes life feel meaningful.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is interesting stuff. If you find yourself struggling with these sorts of feelings, and think you may have also been a victim of CEN, check it out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/1phRDki\">How Childhood Emotional Neglect Makes Adult Life Feel Meaningless<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div><span class=\"kt-load-after-post\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;One of the most pernicious results of Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN) is also, amazingly, the most directly fixable. Who hasn\u2019t, at some moments of their lives, wondered what it\u2019s all for? What\u2019s the point? Why am I here on this earth? What am I supposed to be doing? Does anything really matter? 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