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Originally Posted by ElsaMars
So that happened to you too? (((Hugs))). I'm so sorry they said that. They would say "you don't know how lucky you have it and kids have it much worse" after doing something very traumatic. I knew people did have it worse so I guess I did see myself as lucky and then in turn didn't have high expectations of how people should treat me. Now I fear I'm in the opposite direction and offending unintentionally. We need to stand up for ourselves but not cross a line.
How far are you in the healing process? I'm just really starting.
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A lot of stuff happened. Physical, emotional, psychological... just a lot of stuff. Some other things happened, too that didn't involve my parents but still screwed with me, to put it lightly. I don't know how far I am in my healing process, to be honest. My doc doesn't was to start on that until my BD is better managed, understandably. It's easy to slide into unintentional lashing out and offensive behavior, but with enough work it's possible to get better about it. That took me a while and I still slip up, but I'm much better than I used to be. Seeing others go through worse very much validates the whole "I am lucky" train of thought. I'm glad you got past it.