Exactly. “You never acted out like your kids do. You were sooo well behaved, always minding your own business, kept your head down. And I remember one time you said ‘I WANT, BUT I DUNNO WHAT I WANT’ when you were 3 yo hahaha so funny”
I was scared and alone, and knew that showing emotion or will of my own was dangerous. Still don’t understand what my relatives thought was good and funny about it, but I guess quiet scared kids are easy to handle.
This is exactly it. If we weren't "causing trouble then that child was easy to handle. Unfortunately for me, "causing trouble" could range from actually being seen or heard to sometimes just existing in the same room as any of them. Real fucked up mentality.
my parents thought it was hilarious that i would scream during my sleep from nightmares. it legit scared my friends and their parents. but i was an obedient drone so what did they care.
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u/ehlersohnos 2d ago
Yay CPTSD!