For so many, there is, from birth a primal pain, an insecure attachment at best or no bonding and no attachment to mother at worst. This creates, depending upon the infant to toddler’s experience, varying degrees of an intra-psychic injury, a narcissistic injury (no that doesn’t automatically mean everyone then has Narcissistic Personality Disorder) A narcissistic injury is a very primal wound but depending on a lot of variables people’s actual personality formation and ability to be more resilient or not vary greatly.
The Hurt, The Shame – The Journey – A.J. Mahari’s Podcast