How to Identify if Your Parents Were Excessively Critical

  Much of the way you think, feel, and react today is due to your early experiences with your parents. Indeed, the attachment bond you formed with them and the parenting style with which you grew up have had a great impact on your personality. Moreover, it may not have been particularly positive. For example, if your parents were excessively critical, you probably now suffer from certain limitations and wounds that are difficult to heal. In fact, living in an invalidating environment that’s focused on mistakes and that doesn’t provide encouragement, security, and love is damaging to your self-esteem. Even…