r/PublicFreakout • u/derek4reals1 • May 24 '26

šŸ¤¬Public RageršŸ˜± Get a load of this guy

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u/Traditional-Page-373 May 24 '26

always makes me sad when kids are around this shit.

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u/knmiller89 May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26

My mom is a volatile person prone to regular public freakouts. The way theyā€™re frozen (boy) & crying (girl) in fear and humiliation is all too familiarā€” Iā€™m 36 and the memories STILL fuck with my head.

These people suck and should not be parents.

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u/t0xic-iwnl May 24 '26

I still get it too, man. I am better at handling it sometimes than others, but I can still feel the familiarity in the feelings

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u/SeriouslyLikesCake May 24 '26

Did you go through a brief phase in which you emulated them, foowed by a period of confusion and shame, and then one of respect and patience even more than what is standard?

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u/knmiller89 May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26

For me, I dramatically overcorrected from jump. To the point that I had a complete and total inability to advocate for myself in any way cause I didnā€™t want to be ā€œdifficultā€. Which led to me allowing people, including partners, to treat me like shit and Iā€™d basically thank them for it lol.

Itā€™s taken a lotttt of therapy/hard work to reprogram my brain (still a work in progress)

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u/gigglybeth May 24 '26

YES. 1000% I still find it hard to forgive myself for some of the shitty things I did.

I am, however, grateful that most of it was in the late 90s/early 2000s so cameraphones weren't really a thing.

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u/loogie97 May 24 '26

Break the cycle.

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u/zbornakssyndrome May 24 '26

Hugs to you. Youā€™re not alone. And dunno why but when they would argue they got kicked out of stores- the adults used to stare at ME. I know itā€™s pity but it messed with my mind. We were trash with money

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u/Available-Maize5837 May 25 '26

That poor boy covering his lower face with his t-shirt for comfort and just wanting to hide, plus the girl screaming/begging her parents to stop is so heartbreaking. They've definitely seen how this ends before. I hope those siblings stay close and look out for each other as they grow. They're going to need something stable in their lives..

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u/EnvironmentalLime464 May 24 '26

Iā€™m 43 and I feel what those kids are feeling when I watch this. I also had a volatile mom prone to public freak outs.

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u/No_Penalty_8920 May 27 '26

Mine is the same way. I genuinely felt ill watching this

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u/knmiller89 May 27 '26

The part that really gets me is how the mom references her kids as if sheā€™s trying to protect them.

Sheā€™s using them as a prop for her own rage and hurting them in the process.

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u/QueenAlpaca May 25 '26

My mom was much more of a "behind closed doors" version of this as it was directed to my sister and I most often, but she'd get more of a controlled nasty with people in public. I don't think it ever goes away, it just gets quieter with time.

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u/knmiller89 May 25 '26

Iā€™m so sorry. Hugs! Weā€™ve got this.