Father Wound

“The father wound is not only about fathers who were cruel or violent, though that is absolutely part of it. It is equally about the father who was physically present but emotionally absent. The father who worked too much and said too little. The father who did not know how to say I love you, so he said nothing at all.”

— Nikita Datar, Healing the Father Wound
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“The absent father does not leave silence. He leaves a blueprint. One you spend years trying to read.”

— Nikita Datar

“You shaped yourself around his absence the way a tree grows around a gap in the light.”

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“The father wound shows up in your relationship with authority. With money. With your own right to take up space.”

— Nikita Datar

“You are still working to earn an approval he may never have been capable of giving. You can stop now.”

— Nikita Datar