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minus-squareickplant@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-21 year agoLiterally what every one of my clients with childhood trauma says. I’m a therapist. I can think of one exception where the parents kind of listened and tried to atone, but that’s it.
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoMy step mom beat the shit out of us and says all five of us, two of her own children, are making it up. Needless to say, no contact going on 7 years.
minus-squareickplant@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoI’m sorry that happened to you. That’s exactly the kind of denial I hear about, and then these (step) parents wonder why there is no contact…
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThank you. To be honest, I was willing to have a relationship with her, if she admitted to harming us, but she wouldn’t and I chose to move on.
Literally what every one of my clients with childhood trauma says. I’m a therapist. I can think of one exception where the parents kind of listened and tried to atone, but that’s it.
My step mom beat the shit out of us and says all five of us, two of her own children, are making it up. Needless to say, no contact going on 7 years.
I’m sorry that happened to you. That’s exactly the kind of denial I hear about, and then these (step) parents wonder why there is no contact…
Thank you. To be honest, I was willing to have a relationship with her, if she admitted to harming us, but she wouldn’t and I chose to move on.