Motherless Daughters of Strained Relationships Grieve Differently  

“I didn’t get to grow up and pull away from her and bitch about her with my friends and confront her about the things I’d wished she’d done differently and then get older and understand that she had done the best she could and realize that what she had done was pretty damn good and take her fully back into my arms again. Her death had obliterated that. It had obliterated me. It had cut me short at the very height of my youthful arrogance. It had forced me to instantly grow up and forgive her every motherly fault at the same time that it kept me forever a child, my life both ended and begun in that premature place where we’d left off. She was my mother, but I was motherless. I was trapped by her, but utterly alone. She would always be the empty bowl that no one could full. I’d have to fill it myself again and again and again.” – Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Your mother is the person you are supposed to be able to trust and turn to when life gets confusing and scary. Many women, like myself, didn’t have that. My mother suffered from mental health and addiction issues to try and cope with her own horrific childhood. I do not blame her, nor hold any resentment or anger towards her, but when I was younger I did. I feel sad that she could not find help or peace while she was here, and because of that, not only did she lose out on life, but I lost out on a life with her. I began grieving her lo...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Family Grief and Loss daughters grieving motherless Source Type: blogs