One often neglected theme is the fear of somehow being unmasked or shown up to be fraudulent in some important way that many adult daughters experience; that irrational but powerful fear is a direct consequence of not having their emotional needs met in childhood. Some of that feeling of faking it seems to emanate from the shame they feel—of being excluded from the magic circle of being loved and still wondering whether they are somehow to blame. This is an unconscious pattern of thought that bubbles up to the surface in times of stress and anxiety and, unless she’s been in therapy, the chances are good that the daughter won’t recognize its provenance.
[For more of this story, written by Peg Streep, go to https://blogs.psychcentral.com...eeling-of-faking-it/]
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