my parents said i was abusing them in middle school 😭
2026-02-11 23:04:05
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ConnectSC :
It's a DARVO coded way to frame the child as the problem. My step mother did that to me.
2026-02-12 18:09:57
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BALLISTIC :
"walking on eggshells" is code for "I have to think before I say whatever I want to you"
2026-02-12 01:56:11
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unikornbored :
Yes, my parents started “walking on eggshells” once I introduced boundaries 😁
2026-02-11 22:27:21
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Day | Social Skills Consultant :
Yea when they say they “walk on eggshells” they actually mean, “you stand up for yourself and make it harder for me to abuse you”
2026-02-12 04:59:33
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Sam 🍁 :
Im autistic and my mother loves to poke and poke until I melt down.
2026-02-12 15:39:39
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sampire 🗝️ :
“I can’t say anything to you!” But everything said was an insult or cruel 😭
2026-02-12 19:24:01
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djoj :
my mom absolutely did this. She basically acted like a little girl who doesn't know what to do...
2026-02-12 00:01:17
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Em H :
My mum said she has to “watch what she says around me” why are you about to say things that would upset and hurt me?
2026-02-12 11:16:01
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🗝️ ☽🌑☾ 🗝️ (🆘🇺🇸🇮🇪🇺🇦) :
How many of you were also parentified, given all the responsibility and accountability, but none of the authority, making the “I need to walk on eggshells around you” even more insane🙋🏻♀️
2026-02-12 16:30:15
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Jessie Lynn855 :
walking on eggshells=tiptoe past boundaries
2026-02-12 12:03:51
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Emma 💕 :
My mum said she feels like she’s walking on egg shells round me I was like well now you know how I felt as a kid having to walk on egg shells around you 😂
2026-02-12 12:22:20
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Wolf :
"I can never say anything to you🙄"
2026-02-13 10:40:59
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KatyKazoo :
My parents would ALWAYS say they were “walking on eggshells” around me…. But it was emotional neglecting & co-dependency.
2026-02-12 07:58:23
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Say Myname :
They call not being able to treat you however they want as walking on eggshells.
2026-02-12 00:10:17
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🎀🪩 𝙿𝚒𝚗𝚔 💕 :
A parent saying they have to “walk on eggshells” usually means “you set boundaries when I talk to you like you’re garbage and I don’t like that” 😂
2026-02-12 04:45:37
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Dev :
My mom convinced her therapist that I was her “bully” after she’d actively abused me my entire life.
2026-02-13 15:25:18
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Yallah Fallé :
Can you tell my mother because she says this any time I bother to tell her she’s hurt me
2026-02-11 22:53:24
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.°•☆Jemmǐ☆•°. :
my mom told me she was "walking on egg shells" around me after I got upset at her for doing something that I had told her upset me many times before
2026-02-13 01:24:58
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clare423401 :
“I have to think through what I’m going to say before talking to you” Well, yes, that’s how a conversation works
2026-02-12 20:42:25
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Robin S :
for me it is parentification
2026-02-12 08:43:45
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🇨🇦 Bee 🇨🇦 :
Unfortunately, I was this parent. I have learned a lot since then. That doesn't change the damage I caused.
2026-02-12 09:00:06
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mads 🐀 :
mom told me she did this, and actually i have bdp, so i was being neglected bc i was never taught how to regulate my own emotions
2026-02-13 14:30:32
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Jupiter :
My mom said I started to manipulate her when I was a toddler 😭😂
2026-02-14 04:15:33
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skye 🌿🧚🏼✨ :
problems with the children are ALWAYS a problem with the *parents* this is a hill i’ll die on
2026-02-13 18:19:06
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