Well, I was never taken very seriously by my siblings. I was pretty much bullied by most of them (not my 2 youngest sisters). And if I stood up for myself, things would get worse. I'd get laughed at, or yelled at for "over-reacting," "getting defensive." "arguementive," etc. Well, that kind of stuck. The attitude is still to not take me seriously because I'm the one who over-reacts, that I imagine things--"delusional" in a sense. So basically, if I stand up for myself, it's basically, "Oh, you're just imagining it." And that was before I was in therapy. I guess my daughter picked up that attitude from them. Now, that I'm in therapy, I guess my daughter thinks that I'm not supposed to ever get upset and that I should just let her run me over.
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