The father wound and symptoms of the father wound can seriously impact our self-worth and relationships. Find out how it develops and what its signs are in sons and daughters.

The impact of absentee fathers is commonly used in the entertainment industry; films such as Star Wars, The Quiet Girl, and Interstellar, books and plays like Harry Potter and Hamlet–finding something on the subject is like searching for sand in the desert. While the impact of absent fathers is popularly known as “daddy issues”, the more technical term is the “father wound.” Father wound is what we call the emotional damage that occurs when a father is physically or emotionally absent from their child’s life.

If you feel unloved, unknown, or unwanted by your father from an early age, this can influence how you see yourself and what you expect other people to see in you. These lessons can stick with you into adulthood and change how you live your life. For example, you may think there’s something wrong with you, although