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Originally Posted by A Red Panda
That's the story of my life!!!!
I have got no idea where I got the strength of will to start asserting my own opinions.. but I started a bit when I was young and kept working my way further into that. I'm not even very confident - I just have a firm belief in right/wrong and fairness/equality. And I wouldn't conform to things if I knew it wasn't being fair.
And I was stubborn as s*** when I finally dug my heels in. It would infuriate my mom but I would not budge. My mom didn't necessarily go on a passive-aggressive rampage though... she was way too vocal for that!
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It's crazy for anyone to grow up being treated like they aren't person. If it weren't for my father I don't know how I could have made it. After I moved away from home (far away), I had this feeling of having escaped something terrible.
Another infuriating thing: denial of feelings. My mother often denied what my feelings were when I expressed them. To this day she insists that I loved going to church, even though I hated it. Even to this day she'll ignore me and tell me that's not how I felt.