Emotional Cutoff

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According to Bowen (1994), emotional cutoff refers to the emotional distance by internal mechanisms or physical distance. The emotional distance is a degree of unresolved emotional attachment because being away from family and not being in contact leads to an emotional distance cutoff. Some of these issues occur when children have had enough staying with their parents because parents set a standard for the children to follow rules, get a job, do chores, and run errands for them. The emotional cutoff is based on wanting to be out on your own and not having to answer to anyone, but yourself. It makes you feel like you have more freedom to do what you want.

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