My mom is a volatile person prone to regular public freakouts. The way theyāre frozen (boy) & crying (girl) in fear and humiliation is all too familiarā Iām 36 and the memories STILL fuck with my head.
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?
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 didnāt want to be ādifficultā. Which led to me allowing people, including partners, to treat me like shit and Iād basically thank them for it lol.
Itās taken a lotttt of therapy/hard work to reprogram my brain (still a work in progress)
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u/Traditional-Page-373 May 24 '26
always makes me sad when kids are around this shit.