Most men don't wake up thinking, "Today I'm going to hurt the people I love."

And yet, it happens—through distance, defensiveness, anger, control, silence, workaholism, sarcasm, substances, or the thousands of other ways pain manifests sideways.

"Mother Wound"—a complex constellation of emotional and psychological impacts stemming from a less-than-nurturing, or even overtly damaging, relationship with one's primary maternal figure.