“I thought my mum was my best friend – it took years for me to realise we were actually enmeshed”

What is mother daughter enmeshment?

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“I thought my mum was my best friend – it took years for me to realise we were actually enmeshed”

By Anonymous

10 months ago

6 min read

A tight mother-daughter bond is something many of us are taught to aspire to. But at what point does closeness turn into something more problematic? Here, one anonymous writer explains how enmeshment led to her severing ties with her mother in order to establish freedom and boundaries in her adult life. 


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