“I have always tried to be all the tings my mother wanted me to be; ever the lady, always polite, never inconsiderate. I run my business the way my mother ran our house - everything just so. In some ways I am my mother - full of life when I'm happy, very cold when I'm angry. People say I look just like her. I'll tell you a secret: every time I pass a mirror, I gasp. I wonder if there's more here than meets the eye." - Karen, thirty-nine.” NeglectChild AbuseChildhood TraumaNarcissistic MothersAbusive MothersEngulfing MotherEnmeshmentIgnoring MotherGenerational Anger Book:When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends: Resolving the Most Complicated Relationship of Your Life Source: When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends: Resolving the Most Complicated Relationship of Your Life