7 psychological reasons why some children become emotionally distant from their mother

7. The unexpressed injuries were transmitted forward.

An elderly woman is embraced by her adult son in the garden.
Many mothers were once daughters who felt invisible, devalued, or emotionally neglected. Having become mothers, they may unconsciously try to heal these past wounds by giving more than is reasonable, hoping to receive from their children what they themselves never had.

When a woman’s identity becomes entirely linked to motherhood