“Feeling and talking through the pain--the humiliation of being an unloved child, the anger toward the cold mother, the anxiety of turning into her, the fear of maternal retribution for hating her--became the healing salve. Where therapy was successful, these women came to understand that their mothers, who were unfortunate, inadequate, insecure people, did not have the power to hurt them anymore. If their mothers continued to act destructively, they could walk away from them.” HateRelationshipsHurtHealingPowerAbandonmentEstrangementMotherless Daughters Book:Mothers and Daughters: Loving and Letting Go Source: Mothers and Daughters: Loving and Letting Go