((Bluemoon6))

Our posts crossed paths. Thank you for your reply.

Yes, it does feel familiar to what I experienced growing up. I would get responded to with various phrases that said "So, then don't be that way", "What do you want ME to do about it?" Crying was not comforted and had to be done in private; I could not come out until I 'straightened up'. There was no help with anything, just judgements and 'don't need me' responses. The most frequent one was, when I was not able to say what I wanted to, and like any kid does, would say "I don't know" or "I don't care", then the response was "Well if you don't know I don't know" or "If you don't care, I don't care" and that was the end of that. No help getting it out, figuring it out. No help with distress. It left me so alone and confused.