“Emotional neglect leaves no bruise. That is part of what makes it so difficult to name and so easy to dismiss.”

— Nikita Datar

“You learned not to need things. That is not self-sufficiency. That is a survival response that became a personality.”

— Nikita Datar

“What was missing from your childhood was not dramatic. It was presence. Attunement. Being truly seen.”

— Nikita Datar

“When your emotions were ignored, you learned to make yourself invisible. Now you wonder why no one sees you.”

— Nikita Datar