I was probably emotionally neglected as a child. I grew up in your standard Irish Catholic household where the goals are usually 1. work hard, 2. put food on the table and clothes in the closet, and 3. carry on the good family name. My mom wasn't all that loving. My dad is a good man and a good grandfather but more emotional about politics than family matters and dismissive of creative pursuits. But I still think my BP is inherited from my mother. IMO she's an undiagnosed BP - mercurial, prone to angry outbursts, cold and distant in many ways, grandiose.