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Originally Posted by Waterbear
I should edit that to say that I was emotionally neglected as a child, but it wasn't traumatic for me. Certainly not in the early years. I didn't know any different. It just always was how it was. I guess it became traumatic in later years though, for other reasons. I get hung up on the definition of words, but please don't think I'm saying that neglect is any worse than any other thing, if that makes sense. I just like to be able to define things
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Please don't apologise for liking definitions. I'm the same way with that. It's totally fine. I know others too who like them. What I go by as a rule is, if I didn't explicitly say x, then I didn't say x, and is not my responsibility if anyone else wants to change the actual words and hear x into it. My responsibility is to clarify if anyone asks me what I meant, if they are unsure, before they decide to change my words and hear x into it. If they don't ask, I have no such responsibility to clarify or apologise preemptively.