Thank you for this article. I am 41 years old, …

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Thank you for this article. I am 41 years old, and have had extremely low self-esteem all my life. Until a few years ago, I never felt good enough in anything, and Ive never made friends easily due to fear of being rejected. The times I have experienced rejection was devastating.
My relationship with my father was very distant. I have very few memories with him. I remember only being hugged once, when I was 16, and only because he had left my mom and I, and was wanting to come back home. He made me feel ashamed when I got my ears pierced at age 12, when he thought I had too much makeup on at my HS graduation, and again when I enlisted in the military, telling me girls in the Navy were promiscuous. There were many other things he made me feel bad about too. I could never tell my parents that I was molested at age 8 because of fear of his disapproval of me. He still doesnt know. He never showed love and approval for anything I did. Ive been battling obesity from a young age. Now I think I see why, that and the self-esteem issue, and picking bad men throughout my life.
Thank you for the article.