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It’s very common to think this way. My best friend came from a very emotionally abusive home and had same thoughts. She finally moved out and got help for all the psychological things she has gone through. Don’t give up and believe in yourself!
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I'm so happy she has someone who validates her experiences, that goes such a long way! Sound like you're a great friend to her! I know how much that is needed!
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My girlfriend lives with a mother who I would consider emotionally abusive. I see her making excuses for her mom all the time. I know lots of people who’ve been through trauma and every single one of them will tell you what they went through “wasn’t that bad.” I think we just live in a society where we’re taught to invalidate our traumas and our emotional wellbeing. I’m glad you’ll be moving out though, that sounds like a good step to take.
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I think making excuses can even be like a defense mechanism, maybe? Like you downplay your experience because it can be really hard to admit to yourself that what you're going through is truly trauma
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@AMP2 Yeah, I guess making excuses isn’t quite right, it’s more like downplaying her trauma. But yeah I can see that. There’s such a stigma attached to trauma in society. I think sometimes she maybe doesn’t want to worry me too, like she tells me it’s ok cuz she’s used to it. I usually tell her she shouldn’t have to be used to it.
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@AMP2 My therapist has this theory for me and honestly I can't tell whether it's true or not, she says that's why I've blamed myself for my choices and not being assertive when I've faced abuse and failed to let myself hold other people accountable. Years ago I actually *did* successfully access a lot of that anger but I lashed out because of it and now it feels dangerous to let myself. It usually just makes me feel guilty when I try to be balanced because it's like I'm doing something wrong and hurtful and not appreciating the good in people. So not feeling it is definitely some kind of self protective thing to avoid painful emotions and admitting how bad it is, but I think the reasons can be more complicated than just not wanting to admit to yourself that you've been seriously hurt by people.
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I think I just pm-ed you on Instagram, I hope it's you 😂! If so, I'll reach there in a little more depth!
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Yep. My instinct has always been to downplay and avoid getting angry and assertive, I just usually make excuses for people and talk about how they're better now? My ex, my mother etc. And it took me forever to get up the strength to leave my ex for the same reason- like I'd be being unfair and judgmental by even letting myself notice that everything was wrong let alone doing something about it. Like instant self shaming. I've been working on it, I know it's down to C-PTSD and codependency issues, and self worth where I don't feel like I have the right to be mad or upset at however I'm treated because I'm not a good person. -_-
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I am really scared of being a narcissist.. I’ve been in therapy and I feel like my therapist isn’t taking it seriously:( like if I am a narcissist I want to work on it I’m just really scared of harming people.. including my partner:( I don’t want be the reason he needs therapy and I don’t want to ruin his life. I’m scared I’m manipulating him somehow to want to be with me and I just don’t know what to do. I NEED to get this fixed before our relationship progresses but I just feel like I’m not being heard by therapists/psychiatrists We want to get married and have children but I don’t even know if I will be a good partner or mom. If I do have narcissism I just think it would be best if I left him alone :( I don’t know what to do I know that people will say that narcissists don’t care about hurting other people or things like that but I just don’t know how true that is. I also have really mean judgmental, cruel, and hateful thoughts about people and I feel like that means I’m a narcissist
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That’s kinda my question. All my thoughts feel so realistic and so now I doubt if they are ocd and if I just can’t make my mind up about something and I’m using ocd as an excuse or something idc I feel like this post is word vomit.
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So, I know my capacity to get fixated on things. And it's normally something that's relatively remote but, my latest issue is really getting to me and I was wondering if people have any advice. I'm avoiding getting too into specifics, as I don't want this to get reassurance-y but, in essence.. I came to the realisation recently that people who I'd been "friends" (feels like the wrong term now) when I was younger were not very nice people, and normalized a lot of very unpleasant behaviour towards other members of the group. They really normalized it, sold themselves as figures of authority, as older and more responsible and grown-up than others, and looking back, they acted horribly. And coming to this realisation, that I'd been manipulated into just accepting their behaviour has just... broken me. My OCD has latched onto it and I can't stop feeling irreversibly tainted by it. I've talked to others about it, and they've reassured me, told me it's not a big deal and that I hold myself to too high a standard, but none of that sticks. I feel better for a bit, then think 'Maybe when you told them you were skewing it to make yourself look better' or 'Did you leave out a crucial detail'. I keep ruminating over and over, trying to remember exactly how everything played out, trying to figure out if I fed into the behaviour, if I did something bad myself (because y'know, I feel like I was accepting of it at the time, so what does it say about my own values?). I know I need to stop doing all this if I want to improve, but then some part of me keeps saying 'So, you're just going to let yourself off the hook then?' Normally, I can rationalize my own fears to some degree, assure myself something won't happen, but the realness of the situation, and the fact I only came to understand the reality of it because the thought had been bothering me means it feels so much more all-encompassing. I know confessing in itself is a compulsion, but I keep feeling that if I'm not I'm somehow concealing what I 'really am' from others around me, and any positive interactions are me deceiving them in some way. I feel like I can't enjoy anything in life right now, and a good part of me feels I should not enjoy it ever again. If anybody has any advice on it, I'm all ears. Or even hearing if you relate to these feelings, I might appreciate the solidarity at least.
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