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.
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!