Parenting plays a key role in shaping a person's personality, and the family environment can greatly influence their psychological and emotional development.
A toxic family environment can leave a deep mark. So it's worth remembering a few signs that a person was raised in a toxic family.
No self-respect
One of the main signs of being raised in a toxic family is low self-esteem. A person may feel inferior and doubt their abilities due to constant criticism and humiliation from parents or other family members.
Fear of making mistakes
People raised in a toxic family may feel a constant fear of making mistakes or being criticized for their actions.
They may avoid making decisions or expressing their opinions for fear of causing a negative reaction from others.
Refusal to take risks and make mistakes ultimately leads to the fact that a person simply cannot achieve anything in life. Mistakes are normal. Only those who sit in one place and do not want to improve their own situation do not make mistakes.
Doesn't know how to defend personal boundaries
In a toxic family environment, the boundaries between your personal space and the space of other family members can be blurred.
A person may have difficulty establishing healthy boundaries in relationships with others and protecting their own interests.
This can lead to the fact that he simply loses confidence in his own abilities and does not understand where the norm is.
Avoids conflicts
Due to the experience of constant conflicts and tense family situations, he may develop a desire to avoid conflict in any situation.
May also prefer to suppress their emotions and submit to others in order to avoid possible conflicts.
Constant feeling of shame
People raised in a toxic family may often feel guilty and ashamed for even the smallest mistakes or shortcomings.
They may blame themselves for problems that were not even their fault.
This happens very often, especially if parents have always shifted responsibility for their own mistakes onto their children.
We previously talked about the signs of a failing marriage
Author: Valeria Kisternaya
Expert: Arkhipova Julia
