I needed this today. thank you for explaining this so eloquently. I had pink tote parents and the PTSD/OCD that I now deal with is so frustrating. my babies will never know this feeling if I can help.
2024-11-22 19:12:40
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Odysseus/October <3 :
Something that kinda woke me up to a particular “pink tote moment” is when I was borrowing a book from my friend while he was on vacation. On the day I promised to give it back I left the house accidentally without it and had a near panic attack over what HE would say to me and I terribly beat myself up over a singular forgotten book. Why? Well as an undiagnosed AUHD child, when I forgot something (lack of object permanence) my dad would
2024-11-22 19:56:30
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Mori :
I'm fond of "oopsie! are we good?" for when little kids fall, because then if they are hurt, you're not invalidating it, and if they're not hurt, then they can be like, "yeah, we're good".
2024-11-22 19:05:23
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Gugu :
My mother is like this and it really impacted me
2024-11-22 19:09:15
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BigMeatyKlaws :
Even if you do blow up, you gotta be plain to them and straight up say “ayo I messed up, I apologize for being scary like that, you didn’t deserve that” and explain that you get frustrated too
2024-11-22 19:14:39
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cloudysaxophonebeach :
my parents never emotionally grew up past 5
2024-11-23 14:30:12
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sann :
my mother shoved me down the stairs for getting a B. my dad watched me crash his car in the dumbest way possible and all he said was "this is why we have insurance."
2024-11-24 19:15:30
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berry :
my mom used to have an innumerable amound of pink tote moments as a child & now that she reacts normally im always always shocked
2024-11-22 22:13:11
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Shea :
I work with kids. I occasionally have moments. I tell them the moment that I realize that I’m overreacting “woah, I’m really sorry buddy, that wasn’t the right way to respond. Let me try again”
2024-11-23 12:02:26
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Kλrmen.Sλndiego :
My mom was raised in this sort of situation and she's incredibly emotionally volatile. I try not to hold it against her because she's trying and has never directed her anger intentionally at me [1/2]
2024-11-22 19:11:52
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Artifur ⁷ :
I actually realized I was emulating a lot of what my father said to me when I was stressed to my FRIENDS, and when I caught that I was so devastated. It's small phrasing changes but I had to do it
2024-11-22 20:49:25
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Zina 💕 :
I’m still trying to learn to regulate my own emotions bc my parents ALWAYS overreacted to small issues by yelling and blowing up on me. It’s hard but I am trying my best to be better
2024-11-23 00:27:05
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Erin Katrina🍉 :
My parents were like this when i was younger so it instilled this fight or flight response in me. And now I’m still training myself not to catastrophize. Funnily enough they have a completely different
2024-11-22 19:22:56
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porth :
My parents approach to difficult decisions was to just instill decision paralysis and never clarify and now I have decision paralysis and have a hard time clarifying
2024-11-22 18:48:38
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Stitches :
to this day i still flinch when i hear her react to minor inconveniences. every thump and bump in the house makes me nervous. i do a lot better when i wear earplugs and play music so i hear less noise
2024-11-22 23:01:08
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Star Light :
so for people with adhd who struggle already with minor inconveniences what are some helpful tips to reduce and emotionally regulate?
2024-11-24 19:16:21
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Kay :
I'm slowly getting better about not immediately getting scared when I drop something or have dishes piling up, it takes so long to unlearn the fear that is ingrained in me now
2024-11-22 19:03:39
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Yeetusdeefetus🔻 :
I cut a little of my hair once and it turned into a like two hour interrogation where she even followed me to the bathroom
2024-11-22 21:40:35
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ariel :
I grew up in a household like this and I've had to teach myself emotional regulation at the same time I teach my kid. Because I had none.
2024-11-22 21:50:30
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Hoolia :
My whole family is like this but when I was around 17 I went through so much stress that my brain literally became numb to like 90% of stressors even if they’re really bad.
2024-11-22 20:09:35
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c :
and if i send this to my mom and then what
2024-11-23 14:41:22
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Momopichu :
No fr it’s the reason why now I get overwhelmed doing any sort of chore because I think back to when my parents would blow up over everything not being spotless and
2024-12-14 09:41:01
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