• 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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    those aren’t adults, those are entitled children in grown up bodies.

    plus, i think that regression, where the moment I’m with them I feel like I’m 10 years old being bullied by my siblings and gaslit by my parents is a PTSD response. except that they haven’t change do the only difference is that we’re all older but the abuse persists.

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      Agreed. No wonder it hurts so much sometimes. No wonder I end up with dreams where I’m a lost child and nobody will help me. Childhood trauma is hard to climb out of.

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          You could say that. My girlfriend’s mom adores me. When she found out I was going to their family’s Thanksgiving, she was giddy as can be. It’s a refreshing change from being around my family, where it’s pretty much just the kids who are excited to see me.