Willie Aames Quotes

I think I'm extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like you're getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that.

Being left makes you doubt your ability to keep people, even friends.

I grew up weird - very sensitive and highly inhibited. I felt like I was born in the wrong time zone to the wrong people at the wrong place.

At 6 years old I knew there was no place for me.

When I was about 10 I ran away to see my father. He couldn't have cared less. He just took me back as soon as he could.

I never heard 'I love you' as a child. I never felt pretty or cared for.

I never grew up with a mother's hand - that's why I will forever be insecure, I think, in that primal way.

I continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any.

Panging is the kind of sharp pain you feel inside when you're reminded of some kind of unattended need or something that you've neglected.

Growing up without love, without being cared for, might be the worst type of poverty.

I felt abandoned at a young age. That's where most of my anger came from, I guess.

I suspect I wasn't loved enough as a child.

If you're afraid of everyone leaving you, what do you do?" Make them stay." And if you can't do that, or don't know how to?" Ellie shrugged. "I don't know." Yes, you do. In fact, you've done it. You leave first," Coop said, "so you don't have to watch them walk away.

Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.

I want to write an essay called "Fear of Mexico," because I always feel like Mexico's this lover that never writes to me.

Even if I overcompensate, nobody will ever want me. Not Seth. Not my folks. You can’t kiss someone who has no lips. Oh, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me. I’ll be anybody you want me to be

I had imaginary friends and even they were mean to me.

I was always holding onto people, and they were always leaving.

I was about six years old, still Daddy's little girl, even though Daddy couldn't care less about me. How could I expect any man every would?

I have a lot of confidence through my accomplishments. I'm always trying to prove I'm not the worthless child they say I was.

I have had a lot of crushes but have never had the courage to go up to a girl and say what I feel. I am scared of rejection.

Saying it out loud as a child is scary, but saying I felt unstable out loud as an adult with children was really scary. The fear of losing your children stops you from saying anything. It's a never-ending battle.

I don't feel very good about myself. People always leave me. Nobody can stand me for very long. I wish I could cut my tongue out, or take out the part of my brain that has opinions. Or cares. I wish I could be simple. Be quiet, introverted, or shy. I'm half way in between a wallflower at a party and Elvis Presley. People love one or the other. In between is no place to be.

I can see why she feels left behind. Maybe even discarded. Is that why she refuses to accept my love and return it? Afraid that love doesn't last? Doesn't really exist? Afraid if her own father can withdraw his love (or at least the manifestation of his love), that maybe she somehow isn't worthy of the emotion?

Honestly, not being well received makes me feel very vulnerable. Not being included or regarded highly enough makes me crazy.