The Good Daughter Syndrome (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Makers Mark Press, 2025
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Paperback. Tired of feeling guilty?Guilty for saying no. Guilty for setting boundaries. Guilty for not making her happy.You don't have to live like that anymore.I can show you how.When your mother criticizes, controls, or crosses boundaries, the backlash can be so intense that staying quiet feels safer than speaking up. Over time, you learn to keep the peace by shrinking yourself -- and guilt becomes the glue holding the relationship together.If this feels familiar, you may have grown up with a narcissistic mother, a borderline mother, or an emotionally immature mother who blurred the line between her needs and yours.Whether the manipulation was loud or subtle, the result is the same: you become the enmeshed daughter who carries her emotions, stabilizes her moods, and loses sight of your own life.In this expanded second edition, psychotherapist Katherine Fabrizio offers new insights, somatic tools, and psychodynamic guidance to help you break this lifelong pattern -- without automatically going no-contact, abandoning yourself, or staying trapped in the "good daughter" role.Inside, you'll learn: Why daughters of controlling or toxic mothers feel responsible for everyone's happinessHow enmeshment, blurred boundaries, and parentification silently shape your identity and self-worthHow guilt-tripping, gaslighting, and emotional manipulation keep you in the "good daughter" roleHow to stop people-pleasing and self-erasure -- without becoming "the bad daughter"Why her behavior isn't your fault - and never wasPractical steps to heal the mother wound, break trauma bonds, and create freedom on your termsWith clinical depth and lived insight, The Good Daughter Syndrome shows you how to release the guilt, break the unconscious contract, and finally live as your own woman -- without losing your mother or yourself. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- The Good Daughter Syndrome (Paperback)
- Author
- Katherine Fabrizio
- Publisher
- Makers Mark Press
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798986614830
Are you tired of feeling guilty when it comes to your mother?
You worry about disappointing her, hurting her, or letting her down. You try to keep the peace, manage her reactions, and take responsibility for her happiness — even when it costs you your time, your energy, and your independence.
You don’t want to reject her.
But you can’t keep living like this.
The relationship may be working for her.
But it isn’t working for you.
You’re the one carrying the anxiety, the guilt, and the pressure to keep everything stable — and you don’t know what you’re allowed to change.
If this feels familiar, you may have grown up with a narcissistic, borderline, emotionally immature, or highly dependent mother who blurred the line between her needs and yours. Whether the dysfunction was obvious or subtle, the result is the same: you become the enmeshed daughter who manages her emotions, stabilizes her moods, and gradually loses sight of your own life.
In this expanded second edition, psychotherapist Katherine Fabrizio offers updated clinical insight and practical guidance to help you understand these lifelong patterns and decide what real change looks like for you.
Many adult daughters reach a point where the current arrangement is no longer sustainable for them — yet the idea of changing it brings fear, confusion, and guilt.
This book does not assume that boundaries will fix everything.
And it does not tell you to automatically go no-contact.
Instead, it helps you understand your situation clearly so you can decide what level of contact — and what kind of relationship — you can realistically live with.
Inside, you’ll learn how to:
• Understand why you feel responsible for your mother’s emotions
• Recognize enmeshment, parentification, and chronic guilt patterns
• See how emotional pressure, criticism, and manipulation keep you stuck
• Stop people-pleasing and self-erasing without becoming the “bad daughter”
• Prepare for guilt, pushback, and emotional backlash when you begin to change
• Decide whether contact, limited contact, or no contact is right for you
• Rebuild your confidence, identity, and emotional independence
The Good Daughter Syndrome helps you break lifelong patterns so you can live as your own woman — and still feel like a good person.
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