How Did Your Mom Screw You Up?

“Apter identifies five categories of difficult mother: the angry mother, the controlling mother, the narcissistic mother, the envious mother and the emotionally unavailable mother. She is careful to caution that only around 20 per cent of mothers will fall into these categories — the rest are just normal, flawed humans — but if your parent does fit one of these types, it can have a profound effect on whom you become.”
 — Now I know they say “only around 20 per cent,” but let’s be honest, it’s all of them. Which one was yours?

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