Have you ever felt like your mother’s needs have become your own? Do you struggle to differentiate between your identity and hers, feeling as though you’ve merged into one person? This is called enmeshment trauma.

In an enmeshed family, there is too much closeness between family members. The roles are blurred and instead of a daughter you have to be a care-taker, advisor and your mother’s friend. In enmeshed family dynamics, your mother will take on the role of acting like a needy child who cannot survive without you. She’ll impose her worldviews on you by saying things like: “Outsiders are a threat to our family” and “you can only rely on family” or “family secrets should never be shared”. These teachings only benefit her of course and if you go against them, she’ll call you a traitor.

Even if you want to do normal things like moving out, get married or get a job in a different city, she’ll make you feel so guilty that you’ll stay glued to her out of fear. You’ll feel responsible for her happiness and you give up time, money, freedom and yourself to keep her happy.

She may demand to live with you to get her needs met through you and to keep her control. Enmeshment also means that you need to act like her parent throughout your life and she’ll expect you to listen, stay by her side, drop everything you’re doing and run to her aid. You have to marry someone she believes will “fit” into the family dynamic. If she doesn’t like the person you’re dating she’ll reject him and threaten to disown you if you marry without her permission.

Enmeshment is a dynamic that creates a suffocating feeling of being overly close and feeling trapped. Instead of being mothered you’ll be smothered and if you complain, she’ll disengage until you allow her to smother you again. The goal in enmeshment is to mould you into a “puppet” who will do exactly as she says.

To outsiders, enmeshment can look like your mother is a devoted parent which is why it’s difficult to see it for what it is; a toxic connection.

This article will focus on the mother daughter enmeshment dynamic but enmeshment can happen in any relationship.

1. Lack of Boundaries

The first sign of enmeshment in a mother-daughter relationship is the lack of boundaries. Your mother will teach you from an early age that she doesn’t care about your boundaries. When you’re a toddler and express that you feel full, she’ll ignore it and force-feed you. If you say that you’re hungry, she’ll say, “No, you’re not hungry.” The enmeshed mother will demand hugs and kisses from you even when you express discomfort or a desire for personal space.

Children are great at expressing their needs through body language. Think of a toddler who doesn’t want to eat or be kissed; what do they do? They move their body back, make a “mm” sound, or shake their head to say “NO!” But this is ignored by the enmeshed mother. She’ll ask you to mirror her feelings, decide what you need, and tell you when you’re sleepy instead of letting you tell her. Treating you this way teaches you from an early age that you cannot trust your own instincts. When you express sadness or anger, she will dismiss your feelings by saying things like, “You don’t really feel that way” or “You’re just being dramatic.” She can even decide when you should see a doctor or take medication, teaching you to ignore your body’s signals.

This can have a dangerous impact on you as an adult because it can lead to unwanted sex, allowing people to touch you when you don’t want to be touched, and not even knowing that a boundary has been crossed because you’re so used to not having any boundaries. If you don’t know there is a line to begin with, how will you know when it’s been crossed?

As you grow older, she’ll try to dictate your career path and academic choices as if it’s the natural order of things. Since she sees you as an extension of herself, she’ll often use the word “we,” such as “We will be a doctor when we grow older.” She’ll disregard your interests and passions, insisting she knows what’s best for you. Enmeshment also means it’s common for your mother to invade your privacy by going through your personal belongings, such as your diary, letters, or phone, without permission. She’ll impose her religious and political beliefs on you, never allowing you to explore or express your own views. She’ll interfere in your personal relationships to maintain control and a constant fusion. She acts as if she can live her life through you, as if you’re her puppet who will nod, dance, and twirl at her whims and fancies.

As a daughter of an enmeshed mother, these behaviours teach you that your boundaries don’t matter, creating a lifelong pattern of dependence and control.

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2. No Room for Individuality

In order to know others, you must know yourself. But in enmeshment, there is no room for your sense of self or individuality. You must become “de-selfed” to exist in an enmeshed family. The enmeshed mother does everything to erase your individuality. Your personal feelings, thoughts, wishes, opinions, and tastes will not be recognized or even allowed to exist. She will tell you what to like, what to think, what to believe, what food to enjoy, what humour to appreciate, and what music to listen to.

From an early age, she will work against your natural instinct to separate, making it feel impossible for you to develop a sense of self. As a child, you need connection, and in the enmeshed dynamic, you realize that to connect with your mom, you must be the same as her or meet her expectations. You choose to lose your sense of self to gain her love and avoid differentiating from her.

She wants you to be an extension of herself, to merge with her as one person. For that to happen, she must mould you into the person she wants to be around. When she’s sad, she expects you to feel sad. When she’s happy, you must share her happiness. When she’s excited, you must share her enthusiasm. If you don’t, she will see you as uncaring, selfish, and even cruel.

She might say, “Don’t be upset; that’s not really who you are. You are my good girl, and good girls don’t get upset.” This can be confusing because it sounds kind but is actually manipulative. She may use a kind tone, but she might as well yell, “Don’t you dare be upset with me! I never want to see you upset again!” In her head, she needs you, her daughter, to mirror her every emotional state so she can feel validated and safe. She acts as if she is a toddler and you are her mother.

Many clients have asked me, “Who am I? I don’t know myself other than the versions my mom created. I don’t think I know how to differentiate from her.” This is what enmeshment trauma does: it feels as if you have been erased, leaving behind fragmented pieces of yourself (parts of you) that have played various roles to please your mom, not rock the boat, not be a burden, not disappoint her, and ultimately, not be abandoned by her.

3. The Battle Within: Loyalty vs Independence

“If you marry that man, you are no longer my daughter.” These words represent enmeshed relationships, leaving you feeling torn and trapped in an impossible choice: Should I follow my heart without her approval or abandon my fiancé for good?

This internal conflict, where loyalty to your mother clashes with your need for independence, is a classic sign of enmeshment trauma. It’s that deep, relentless tension between wanting to live your own life and the guilt, obligation, and loyalty that pull you back to her.

One part of you wants to prioritize your mother’s needs and expectations. This part has been trained to seek her approval, avoid her disappointment, and keep the peace at the cost of your own happiness. But there’s another part of you, a part that craves independence, that yearns to make your own choices and live authentically. This part dreams of a life where you can follow your heart without fear.

These parts are at war within you, and it’s exhausting. It feels like being pulled in two directions, never fully able to commit to either. This is the essence of enmeshment: the struggle to break free while feeling stuck by invisible threads of loyalty and fear. It’s not just about the choices you make; it’s about reclaiming your right to make them.

Enmeshment trauma teaches you from an early age that your boundaries are secondary to your mother’s demands. This conditioning leads to a sense of loyalty deeply connected to feelings of guilt and obligation. When you begin to seek independence, whether it’s through pursuing your own interests, making career choices, or forming personal relationships, you face immense emotional turmoil.

The fear of asserting your independence will be seen as a betrayal by your mother, leading to accusations like “You’re so ungrateful” or “How can you believe you know what’s best for you and not your mother? All I have ever done is love you, and now you think you’re better off without me. Is that it?” This can feel like a punch in the gut, and the guilt will eat at you. You can easily find yourself defending your choices, overexplaining to your mother, and apologizing profusely for hurting her feelings.

These feelings and behaviours are part of the enmeshed family dynamic. Your fear and guilt will often be compounded by anxiety about your mom’s emotional punishment, such as manipulation or withdrawal of affection. Consequently, you will second-guess your decisions, constantly wondering: Is this really what I want? Maybe mom is right; I don’t know what’s best for me.

She may know better after all. Maybe I shouldn’t date this man, or maybe it’s no use taking a job so far away from her. Maybe I am being selfish and not caring about her feelings enough. She would feel so lonely without me, and I can’t just leave her; she is my mother after all. But amidst all this doubt, you may also hear a voice that says, “But what about me? I want to live my life. I want to be independent. I want to make my own choices and live my life without her telling me what to do all the damn time!”

This internal struggle can paralyze you, making straightforward decisions feel overwhelmingly complex. The guilt of prioritizing your own needs over your mother’s can be suffocating, often leading to self-sacrifice and a continued cycle of dependence.

4. You will be put on a Pedestal

If you’re enmeshed with your mom, she will put you on a pedestal and shower you with praise. That doesn’t sound so bad, right? The problem is, the so-called praise encourages you not to have your own needs, opinions, and feelings, and essentially prevents you from being your own person. She praises you for all the things that benefit her: you taking care of her needs, agreeing with her opinions, and managing her feelings.

Consider Cindy’s example. Growing up with an enmeshed mother can look like it did for Cindy, a client of mine. A 42-year-old marketing executive, Cindy was successful in her job and marriage but severely enmeshed with her mother. Cindy told me that her mother and she had been really close ever since she could remember. Her mother would praise her for being a responsible young girl who took care of her younger siblings and her mother. They did everything together, from listening to the same music to hanging out with Cindy’s friends. Cindy said, “It’s like we were one and the same person. Something inside me loved being so close with my mom and feeling special to her, but I also had another part of me that felt uncomfortable with all this closeness.” Cindy didn’t know who she was unless her mother told her who she was supposed to be. Without her mother, Cindy felt she could not exist.

Cindy’s mom would dictate what music to like, what foods to eat, how to dress, who to date (though “no one is ever good enough for my daughter”), and what to study. The enmeshed mother shapes you into the person she wants you to be, and putting you on a pedestal is a manipulative method to achieve that. As a child, you love to be praised, so whatever your mother praises you for, you want to do more of.

Cindy’s mom praised her for being responsible, independent, easy-going, and agreeable, saying it was a breeze being her mother. Cindy learned that the more she acted like a responsible, agreeable, easy-going girl, the happier her mother got. In other words, as long as Cindy didn’t have needs that clashed with her mother’s, she would be loved. But if she dared express her needs or opinions that differed from her mother’s, her mother would quickly withhold her love, showing disapproval and disappointment.

Being put on a pedestal is part of what happens in enmeshment. This is done to control and manipulate you into becoming a mini-adult as quickly as possible, so your enmeshed mother can get her needs met through you. The roles are reversed: you act like a mother, and your mother acts like a needy, clingy, and spoiled child. This is not love; it is disrespect, manipulation, and control. Putting you on a pedestal is an act of abuse because you are there to be the person she needs you to be, not who you truly are.

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5. Lack of Empathy

In an enmeshed relationship, you might think all that closeness means love and empathy. But here’s the truth: it’s not the case. Despite being close, real empathy is often missing. The tight bond between you and your mom might seem warm, but underneath, true understanding and compassion are missing. Empathy means having the ability to understand what another person is feeling and to care about their feelings. A parents primary job is to show kindness and compassion toward their child and make the efforts required to make them feel cared for, safe, understood, and validated.

Your mom might seem caring on the surface, but her actions show she doesn’t truly care about your feelings. She’s only interested in using you to fulfil her needs, expecting empathy and understanding from you. Instead of genuinely understanding your emotions and needs, she focuses on her own desires.

6. You’re Best Friends with Your Mom

If you grew up with a mother who called you her best friend, this is also a sign of enmeshment in the relationship. The enmeshed mother will confide in you and share details about every aspect of her life with you as if it’s the most normal thing in the world. Take Crystal, for example; her mother used to tell her things that made Crystal feel uncomfortable yet special at the same time. It was very confusing for her. Crystal’s mom said things like: “You’re so different from your father, you’re fun and smart, if only your dad could be like that.” She could say these things in front of Crystal’s dad; she didn’t care if he heard. She would also tell Crystal about her sexual experiences with her dad and how unhappy she felt in the relationship. This information, in particular, made her feel extremely uncomfortable, but she never could find the courage to ask her mom not to share these things with her.

Crystal was afraid her mother would get angry at her and blame her for not caring. She would also share things with Crystal about her childhood and how difficult things were for her when she grew up. Things such as her being beaten as a child, how her parents never cared for her, and the stress she’s under financially. Everything under the blue moon, she would share with Crystal. When the enmeshed mother isn’t able to get her needs met from your dad or other adult relationships, she will reach out to the next best resource, you. Hoping you will fill the void inside her, the enmeshed mother puts a huge burden on your shoulders, not realizing you’re her child and that she’s supposed to meet your needs, not the other way around.

So Crystal would listen to her mother, attentively so. Even though a part of her felt exhausted having to listen to the same old story over and over again. It was as if her mother was like a broken record. But she didn’t want to disappoint her mom so she kept being there for her, acting like her best friend rather than her daughter. The consequences? Crystal felt like she had to act like a therapist even though she was not equipped to help her mother. She felt trapped and drained after most conversations with her mom. Her mother dominated the emotional space between them. Crystal didn’t feel like she had the right to share what she felt or was going through, and the few times she tried, she was usually met with a dismissive attitude or overshadowed by her mother’s issues. One part of Crystal felt invalidated and unseen, but another part of her thought this is normal for a mother-daughter relationship. It’s heart-breaking for a daughter the moment she realizes this dynamic is unhealthy and toxic and that nothing about this is normal. To read more on enmeshment between mother and daughter read one of my most popular blog posts: 13 signs your relationship with your mom is toxic and enmeshed.

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  7. Natural Separation will Devastate her

Since enmeshment is about closeness, separation or any talk of it will be seen as a threat to the family dynamic. In an enmeshed family, any form of separation must be avoided at all costs because they don’t want to lose their source of meeting their needs — you. The enmeshed mother will become depressed if you express a desire to go to college, get a job in a different city, or move out far away from her.

It’s important to note that separation is the only natural and healthy development in the relationship between a child and their parents. You’re supposed to separate from your mom and dad to go out into the world and live your life. However, the enmeshed mother will respond with statements like “are you really going to leave me?” which will leave you feeling guilty. You may even feel as if you’re betraying her.

Whenever you attempt to lead a normal adult life that doesn’t revolve around her, she will instil so much guilt in you that you’ll seriously reconsider your choices. Adult daughters, some even with kids of their own, have shared with me, that they were hiding the fact that they are dating someone because it would upset their mom. If you ever try to express how you feel about her not wanting you to leave, she’ll tell you that she’s doing nothing wrong and that she’s the best mother on the planet. She may continue by saying that you’re the one being ungrateful, after everything she did for you, and how dare you be mad at her for wanting you close to her? It’s a maddening mind game that she’ll play with you, usually without even realizing that she’s gaslighting you.

8. You Become her Surrogate Husband

Your sense of self is not yet fully developed as a child, and it’s your parents’ job to help you do that. But when you have a mother who is enmeshed with you and relies on you to meet her emotional needs from the start, your sense of self becomes intertwined with hers. As a child, all you want is connection with your parents, and the younger you are, the more you crave that connection with your mom. In enmeshed relationships, you quickly learn what makes your mother show love toward you and what makes her withdraw her affection. A child will do anything for that connection, so you adapt your developing sense of self to one that serves her needs and suppresses your own. In a mother-daughter enmeshed relationship, your mother will treat you more like her surrogate husband than her daughter.

Another sign of enmeshment is when your mother confides all her secrets in you and refers to you as her “special girl.” She will seek intimacy, companionship, romantic stimulation, advice, problem-solving, and emotional release from you instead of from your father or other adults. As a child, you’re not equipped to handle these adult needs, nor should you have to. Because of this, you end up feeling like you have to shoulder the heavy burden and responsibility of playing many different roles, all in the hope of gaining the love and approval of your mother. You’ll feel torn as a daughter because you’re filling a role that isn’t yours to fill, but at the same time, you’ll cherish the feeling of being special to your mom.

9. Gaslighting

In enmeshed relationships, you’ll be actively gaslighted your entire childhood! Because your reality is constantly denied, your sense of self is under attack, your independence and autonomy are taken from you. Let’s consider Sibyl’s story, a 38-year-old lawyer. When she was young, she expressed her desire to join the soccer team at school, but her mother insisted she join the debate club instead. Her mother’s reasoning was, “You’re not athletic enough for soccer, and you’ll only get hurt. Debate will make you smarter and more confident. Trust me, I know what’s best for you.” Despite Sibyl’s passion for soccer, her mother’s pressure and dismissal made her doubt her own desires, eventually leading her to join the debate club. A part of Sibyl felt resentful toward her mother and another part thought “maybe mom does know what’s best for me”.

Another example was when Sibyl wanted to attend a sleepover at her friend’s house. Her mother refused, saying, “You don’t really know those people well enough, and it’s not safe. I’m protecting you from making a mistake you’ll regret.” Sibyl felt isolated and controlled, as her mother’s overprotectiveness was framed as concern. This not only limited Sibyl’s social interactions but also made her feel guilty for wanting to spend time with friends, believing her mother’s narrative that it was all for her own good.

When she tried to express her feelings or assert her independence, her mother would gaslight her emotions, saying, “You’re being too sensitive. I’m only being tough on you because life is tough, and you need to be prepared.” Her mother also repeatedly told her “I know what’s best for you, you’re my daughter and when you keep questioning me you’re being selfish and ungrateful. Don’t you trust me? Don’t you know that I say these things out of love for you?” This left Sibyl not only questioning her own thoughts and feelings and whether or not they were valid but feeling guilt for hurting her mother’s feelings.

So enmeshment trauma is when you’re being controlled, restricted from doing things you like and if you question your mother’s control, she will say “it’s for your own good”. When you’re told your entire childhood that everything your mother is doing is for your own good, many parts of you start believing it. Because of this, Sibyl had turned into an adult who was constantly second-guessing herself despite a successful career, which was eroding her self-confidence and making her overly dependent on her mother’s approval and guidance. The constant message that her mother knew best, and that any attempt at independence was misguided or naive, kept Sibyl trapped in a cycle of doubt and dependency. Enmeshment trauma also creates two very dangerous beliefs which are: “Love means pain” and “To love means to give myself up”.

Together we worked with Internal family systems (IFS) therapy to get back Sibyl’s sense of self, independence, and self-confidence so that she could live her life guilt-free and realize that she wasn’t a fearful child who couldn’t survive without mommy’s approval. She succeeded with that and more!

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10. You’re Needs are Ignored

In enmeshed relationships, it’s common for your needs to go unmet from a young age. Your mother is preoccupied with meeting her own needs and shaping you into a mini-adult capable of fulfilling all her desires. The enmeshed mother fails to provide you with essential needs such as protection, nurturing, guidance, structure, affection, affirmation, or discipline. In enmeshed relationships, your mother will see you as something that belongs to her, like she owns you!

You are the clay, and she believes it’s her right to sculpt you into what she wants you to be. However, her focus is on her own interests; she doesn’t prioritize what’s best for you. Since she’s enmeshed with you, her mindset is, “What’s best for me is what’s best for you.” Yet, her words may convey a different message, assuring you that she always has your best interests at heart because she’s your mom. Exactly like “Mother Gothel” in the classic Disney movie “Rapunzel,” when she signs the song “Mother Knows Best.”

This dysfunctional thinking dominates your entire childhood, leaving deep scars that take a long time to heal. It’s very confusing for you as a child when your mother’s words don’t match her actions. In adulthood, you’ll get into similar relationships where people’s words and actions don’t match. And since you’re used to being responsible for your mother’s feelings, you’ll take responsibility for other people’s feelings too, which results in you blaming yourself for their problems. This is how you play out your childhood dynamics in your intimate relationships, friendships, and even work relationships at times. Your mother made you feel responsible for her dissatisfaction in life, and so you’ll often find people who make you feel the same way.

We all do this in an attempt to heal our childhood wounds in relationships. We were wounded in relationships, and we look to heal in relationships. But the way to heal is not through toxic relationships; it’s through kind, compassionate ones. This is why therapy is so helpful because with the right therapist, you can begin to heal in a relationship. Plus, you’ll get to know all parts of you that have helped you survive and are still working so hard to make you feel loved, find healing, and figure other people out. You can help these parts finally relax, let go of their life-long roles, and heal by meeting your core Self, who is not just a part.

If you’d like to begin your healing process through trauma therapy, click here to contact me for a free session online and we can begin. I always answer within 24 hours.

When you questioned your mother, she likely gaslighted you, dismissing your concerns and making you doubt your own perceptions. You learned that expressing your needs was futile, as they would be ignored or belittled. Consequently, you internalized the belief that it’s best to suppress your needs and conform to others’ expectations, especially your mother’s.

This experience of enmeshment trauma fosters people-pleasing behaviour, low self-esteem, intense feelings of guilt and shame, hypervigilance, identity crisis, and heightened anxiety at the thought of separation from your mother. All of this is often equally true in your intimate relationships, even in friendships.

11. Role-Reversal

Enmeshment also involves a reversal of the typical child-parent dynamic. In other words, you end up taking on the role of the parent, while your mother becomes more like the child. Take Felicia’s situation, for example. She had to step into the parent role from a young age, handling responsibilities like deciding on groceries, doing most of the household chores, and even caring for her younger sibling who bullied her. She found herself being the caregiver not just for her siblings but also for her mother and sometimes even her father, acting as a nurse or mother figure for everyone around her. Despite feeling exhausted, especially as a young child, Felicia was praised for her “responsibility” and for always taking care of everyone. Her mother often made comments like, “You’re so mature for helping out so much; I don’t know what I’d do without you,” or “You’ve always been a responsible girl, and I always knew I could count on you to take care of things.” Felicia believed that relationships were one way street, she gives and gives and never gets anything in return. It wasn’t until Felicia reached the age of 42 that she realized her relationship with her mother was enmeshed. She understood that her struggles with food addiction, alcohol, and constantly being a caregiver stemmed from her enmeshment trauma with her mother and her enabling father. Through IFS therapy, we began her healing process, which allowed her to feel liberated from the constant pressure and sense of responsibility. She felt lighter, both physically and emotionally, and no longer felt the need to turn to food to cope because her core wounds were addressed and healed.

If you’d like to begin your healing process through trauma therapy, click here to contact me for a free session online and we can begin. I always answer within 24 hours.

12. The Consequences of Enmeshment Trauma

As an adult daughter of an enmeshed mother (or father), you’ll tend to lose yourself in relationships. You’ll feel the need to be in a relationship, but once you get close to someone, you’ll want to push them away because it feels like you’ll have to lose yourself again. The fear of disappearing in the relationship or being consumed by the other person, will lead you to end it or disengage until your partner ends it. Whether you end up with a narcissistic individual or someone with a strong sense of self, you’ll act in the same way. To learn more about narcissism read my article “6 signs you’re dealing with a narcissist”.

For example, let’s say you’re with a man who is kind, confident, and loves camping, but you hate camping. You don’t tell him because you’re scared of losing him. You go on every camping trip, pretending to love it until you can’t take it anymore and lash out, saying, “I actually hate camping, but I did this for you out of love. I just can’t take it anymore; I’m giving up too much for you!” He never asked you to give up anything, but you do it anyway because that’s what was required of you in childhood to get connection. You could also end up with a narcissistic man, but the difference is – he will expect you to give up who you are for him.

Because of your enmeshment trauma, you’ll be at war within yourself. One part of you wants closeness and has been taught that you must lose yourself to get it. Another part wants independence because it hates giving up itself to be loved. You’ll find yourself constantly focused on other people’s thoughts and needs instead of your own and feeling trapped because there seems to be no way out – how can I get connection without losing myself? You’ll battle in relationships because you think it’s the only way to not be consumed by the other person, or you’ll isolate completely – both options are no good because they don’t give you genuine connection.

The solution is to find yourself by healing your childhood wounds. Once you do that, you’ll be able to set boundaries in relationships, be your own person, and allow the other person to be who they are too. You won’t fall into toxic relationship dynamics because you will know who you are.

If you’d like to begin your healing process through trauma therapy, click here to contact me for a free session online and we can begin. I always answer within 24 hours.

In case,

• You are in an enmeshed relationship with your mom (or anyone) and are feeling completely drained with guilt, fear and responsibilities too heavy to carry
• You want to understand more about enmeshment trauma
• You feel angry and don’t understand why
• You keep doing more and more to make your mother happy but nothing is ever enough
• You feel like you are drowning and have no energy to keep up with your mother’s demands anymore
• You are tired of being responsible for your mother’s (and everyone else’s) happiness
• You are starting to ask why you never feel happy and peaceful
• You want to heal from your trauma that is causing you to feel completely drained and never enough
• You are fed up with your mother’s abuse but don’t know how to confront her
• You want to heal after leaving an enmeshed relationship and are not sure how to find healthy, loving, and respectful relationships or deal with the overwhelming sense of loss

and relate to any of these, do not hesitate to contact me. This is not something easy to go through but you need to know that there is help to get and you can be free from the intense and overwhelming feelings of guilt, fear and sense of obligation.

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If you would like to read more on enmeshment you will find these articles helpful:

13 Signs your relationship with your mother is enmeshed and toxic.

14 signs your partner is enmeshed with his mom.

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Love,

Selma

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