Legit I asked my therapist if we should be unpacking my childhood stuff and she was like yeah I was waiting for you to bring it up, you have CPTSD I was like oh ok 😃
2025-04-06 08:51:52
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your favorite dogboy :
“oh i’m not that traumatized, my mom did her best it just wasn’t always very good!” the cptsd and deeply internalized shame in question:
2025-03-07 18:12:37
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pj :
as someone that's dealt with both, its often easier to work through the times where a guardian does something tangible &objectively horrific, but what about the times they do nothing when they saw you
2025-03-06 17:28:34
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MorriganQ87 :
my parents loved me, I "know" that. they just never told me or showed in a way my kid brain could understand.
2025-03-06 22:43:51
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deadnberried :
Warm/close family relationships in media make me sad/uncomfortable bc I have no idea what it feels like to love/be loved by a family
2025-03-07 01:38:09
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_hailsatin_ :
And it makes you a magnet for abusive people for the rest of your life because you can’t tell when bad stuff is happening to you. At least I have the memory of goldfish so I don’t have to dwell 🙃
2025-03-06 21:24:39
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Jaques :
I have a friend (my best friend) who recently opened up to me about his insane emotional neglect but he’s stuck on that “it could be worse” and it makes me sad because of how traumatizing neglect can
2025-03-06 16:00:15
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hauntedmushroomsa :
fantasizing something really bad to justify their bad feelings ..holy shit I never realized I was doing that.
2025-03-06 21:35:14
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Crocodile :
the guilt is insane too. especially for the people where their parents have come to accept the damage that is done. it unfortunately doesn't reverse the damage..
2025-03-06 16:36:44
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Reina :
Then desperately seeking connection and only having the neglect be reinforced repeatedly to the point where you neglect yourself because everyone else does
2025-03-07 00:38:01
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B :
I used to dream of being an orphan so a nice family would find me and save me
2025-03-06 20:16:49
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G.A. Dounia :
"You had food, water, shelter, you should be grateful"
2025-03-07 15:39:02
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chloecatlady :
I used to dream that I collapsed in public and all these people that I liked were there like characters from films, bands I listened to etc and they all came to check me and make sure I was ok 🥺
2025-03-07 09:14:58
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🇨🇦BigFatFeminist🇨🇦 :
I fantasized about my future husband who would finally love me. instead....perpetual adult trauma lol 🫠🫠🫠
2025-03-07 00:58:55
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coastaldregs :
To this day I deflect with, “oh, so many people had worse childhoods than me” 😅
2025-03-07 01:06:59
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sevinstars 💕🔮 :
i STILL fantasize about being kidnapped so i can be taken off their hands and taken by someone who wants me. even if they want me in a negative way 😂😭🙏
2025-03-07 09:02:58
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scythe_queen :
i’m constantly gaslighting myself because i have all the symptoms of a traumatized person and diagnosed with cptsd but i was only ever neglected emotionally by my parents and im like omg get a grip
2025-03-07 03:22:00
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Ghost :
I know I placed this brick but I'm still mad about it
2025-03-07 13:33:57
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Finnian :
the worst part is that worse things DID happen, but I've healed from those. healing from emotional neglect is so much harder and I'm still struggling.
2025-03-07 09:20:51
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Christina✨️ :
don't know if it counts as neglect, but my mom would get big emotional when i got emotional. i'd end up comforting her instead of the other way around. just hid my big emotions past a certain point
2025-03-07 18:39:31
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moominanny :
yeaahhh and yet I’m still often stuck in the “it’s not that bad” mindset oops
2025-03-06 17:31:36
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N :
spoiler alert, even if sth. really bad happens to you it still doesn't feel good, because the attention does not feel safe. at least for me
2025-03-06 18:01:06
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Susano :
Dear TikTok algorithm, thank you for being my best therapist, coach, doctor, trainer, teacher…. And constantly giving me insight about myself. Also, thank you content creators!
2025-03-07 13:34:09
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reel.survivor :
I almost dropped dead on the spot when I told friends I used to pray I’d get cancer so my mom would be nice to me. I was like??? What do you mean that isn’t normal??? 💀🤣
2025-03-07 01:58:57
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