There's Barbara (Julia Roberts), the self - appointed grown - up of the siblings, nursing fresh
emotional wounds inflicted by a philandering husband.
Not exact matches
Nothing feels real at all, from the pain
inflicted by a gunshot
wound, to the
emotional connection between the characters.
Emotional wounds the spouses
inflicted upon each other during the marriage cause the pain, anger, and disdain to flare right back up during a custody case, and the children are pawns in this rehashing — or escalation — of old marital fights.
Unresolved
emotional conflicts from the past can create a negative cycle where parents, often without meaning to,
inflict psychic
wounds similar to the ones they experienced at the hands of their parents.
Studies show that it's often not divorce itself that
inflicts lasting
emotional wounds on children, but rather it's how their parents conduct themselves during divorce that has the biggest impact.»