Thanks Jenn. I tell myself that i had a roof over my head, my father worked to pay the rent. There was food on the table, my mother was a good cook. I had clothes on my back, my mother was a good seamstress. So why did i feel so bad & get so ill? Well, those were the basics. There was a lot of anger, jealousy, violence in the family, & incest was rife. I was very bullied ptactically all of my school life, & by one if my brothers. I wasn't allowed to show any emotion at home - if i even laughed i was told i was too loud. Providing for physical needs is the basics. There are emotional & spiritual needs, too, which neither of my parents were able to provide for because they didn't get those needs met when they themselves were growing up, & i doubt they were aware those things even existed. Knowing that, though, doesn't seem to help with my healing journey. Looking back, i can see how all the pieces slotted together in order to bring about the right (or wrong) combination of conditions to cause me to turn out the way i have, with all the symptoms i have, especially as i was also born an hsp. Then, there have been quite a few weird traumatic occurrences, losses & betrayals along the way which have added to the mix. In the past i haved a asked myself what happened to bring about my illness. I now realise it wasn't any one thing, but a combination & accumulation of several things, all of which affected my nervous system (my mother used to tell people i suffered with my nerves because i was highly strung) which in turn affected so many systems in my body &, ultimately, my brain. I have found a number of nervous system reset meditations online which seem to be helping.

What a gem!!! I’m so happy this video got recommended. I love your content, the approach you use on your videos, and your self awareness is impressive. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your experiences. As a follow C-PTSD, I have to say the way you talk about your experiences is so relatable. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing this. Took the little test and got 17/22 :( In exploring many psychology videos to try figure out what's wrong with me in terms of childhood issues, the speakers always point to abuse as the root cause - but I was not abused! My parents were/are super loving, good parents. This makes so much sense though. I know I didn't get the kind of emotional support that I, as a 'deep feeling' child, needed. My dad is very quiet and reserved and although he was very involved and played with us a lot as young kids, once we grew older and needed more verbal relationship, he just... Wasn't there, emotionally. My mom was quite superficial so we never really spoke about anything of depth and on the rare occasions that I shared my deep feelings with her, she told me off. So, essentially I had no one to tell my feelings and struggles to throughout my childhood and adolescence and subconsciously believed that my thoughts and feelings didn't matter. Grew up quite angry, resentful and lonely, despite having a loving and supportive family. I've struggled with anxiety, depression and irritable bowel for my entire adulthood. Am now 39 and still have that same anger, resentment and loneliness. I don't hold it against them as they didn't know what I needed and I didn't have the ability to let them know, but getting over the deep seated childhood hurt is damned hard.

So relatable and helpful, thank you Jenn! I’m reading Dr Webb’s questionnaire and it makes so much sense. I answered “yes” to nearly all of the questions. It’s a heavy feeling to face that. I knew I was emotionally neglected as a child, but hearing about the physiological impact and considering these questions… there’s a lot more to process. However, I can also see that many of the symptoms have been improving as I’ve been learning how to care for my mind and emotions! Much light and strength on your path of healing Jenn 💪✨ Keep being your beautiful self

I'll be honest... All I've gotten to is a disclaimer and I'm so crazy for your glasses I want to know where you got to have you know I don't have the right kind of face to rocks and like you do. I'm curious to see what you say and you're keeping me company on a long drive back from Columbus to my home in Cleveland and I'm glad I don't have to go solo.❤

Easy to explain childhood neglect, you are treated as if you have no meaning or valued as a member of the family,ily.