Poverty of Affection – Lack of love and distorted feelings due to negative experiences
“Treasures grow up in this gray environment of living to survive, where the rule is “fight or die”, where parents abuse their own children in every sense, and where there is almost no regard for one’s neighbor, makes for hard and deeply wounded people. Distrust is a necessary tool for survival. Love and any sense of self- value or value of others is almost absent.”
Source: http://www.pottershouse.org.gt/poverty/poverty-of-affection/
For more on what the Scriptures say on this form of poverty and combating it, see pages 10-11 of this Potter’s House document.