She's not the enmeshed kind of mom. She's the hands-off, ignoring extreme emotional neglect,

unloving cold mom. Not a lot of talking, just more a glare, lots of silent treatment,

disappearing for days and weeks on end, you know, no, no talk, just very strange behavior.

So she wasn't, you know, she wasn't a drinker or anything like that, but very strange behavior.

I always felt that, yeah, there was something wrong with me, definitely. I was different,

there was something wrong, you know, reinforcing other, oh, well, you shy, you're this, you're that.

Yeah, I definitely felt that I was, I felt that not belonging.

Welcome to how my parents raised me, I'm Dawn Chitty. When we are born, we arrive here as pure

and perfect souls. And the direction our life takes from that moment is deeply connected

to what our parents bring to our lives. And what our parents bring to our lives is deeply connected

to what their parents brought to their lives. And that's the cycle of families.

I have always craved connection with real and raw stories to understand what makes you you,

what makes you the absolutely unique human that you are. Stories are medicine for the soul.

They can connect us and they can change the world. And so in this podcast, I'm listening to beautiful

souls sharing their story. What happened to them, how they got through and how they have healed

and thrived despite everything to arrive right here in this moment. Content warning,

if you are triggered by the themes of this podcast, please seek a help line in your city.

Hey beautiful souls. When we think about childhood trauma, we often think about loud and violent

situations, shouting, anger, rage, but abuse can be completely and utterly silent too.

This week we are talking about abandonment and neglect. The toxic mum can be absent and loving,

disconnected, cold. She may barely speak to you. There can be a complete lack of love or care

or in fact connection of any kind. Tracy's mum never connected with her as a baby and by the time

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