Emotional Incest - The Invisible Violation That Shapes Everything You Cannot Name

This is the article that will make some of you stop reading.

This is the article that will make some of you stop reading. The title alone activates a defense mechanism so powerful that your mind has already begun generating reasons to click away.

That is not what happened to me. My parent was just close to me. We just had a special bond. They needed me. I was their confidant. There is nothing wrong with a close parent-child relationship.

There is nothing wrong with a close parent-child relationship. Hell, we need more of those. Emotional incest is not closeness.

It is the violation of the generational boundary in which a parent uses their child to meet the emotional needs that should be met by another adult.