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Topic	How did your childhood help shape you?
MFBKBass5 07/22/20 12:00:39 PM #17:	Pus_N_Pecans posted... I had a lot of this growing up too. It was better when I was really little, but as I got older I started to realize that we weren't as outwardly expressive with our love as most families. We never made any effort to talk about uncomfortable subjects, and if anything was brought up, it was quickly dismissed and never mentioned again. It's difficult to develop that ability if it's never been taught; instead I learned how to put up a faade of normalcy, and it stunted my growth as a person for a long time. Luckily it came to me very naturally even from early on. Have always been an extremely empathetic person, and I was clearly the outcast of my family because Id actually express how I felt about things. My parents tried to force me into therapy as a kid/get me tested for ADD/all sorts of shit because I was different from them. My mom would call me bipolar without any clear understanding of what that actually meant. I was the rebel of my family, as my brothers grew up to be exactly like my dad. If I ever have a family, Id make sure its 100% opposite of what mine is like. It sucks, because I never really got to know any extended family(they live on the other side of the country), and my immediate family and I are not close at all. Sometimes it feels like I straight up dont have a family. --- !!!!!!!!! https://imgur.com/DzJSPWA <cite>MFBKBass5 posted [p:942438268] in How did yo... [t:78863938]...</cite> <quote>Pus_N_Pecans posted... </cite> <quote>I had a lot of this growing up too. It was better when I was really little, but as I got older I started to realize that we weren't as outwardly expressive with our love as most families. We never made any effort to talk about uncomfortable subjects, and if anything was brought up, it was quickly dismissed and never mentioned again. It's difficult to develop that ability if it's never been taught; instead I learned how to put up a faade of normalcy, and it stunted my growth as a person for a long time.</quote> Luckily it came to me very naturally even from early on. Have always been an extremely empathetic person, and I was clearly the outcast of my family because Id actually express how I felt about things. My parents tried to force me into therapy as a kid/get me tested for ADD/all sorts of shit because I was different from them. My mom would call me bipolar without any clear understanding of what that actually meant. I was the rebel of my family, as my brothers grew up to be exactly like my dad. If I ever have a family, Id make sure its 100% opposite of what mine is like. It sucks, because I never really got to know any extended family(they live on the other side of the country), and my immediate family and I are not close at all. Sometimes it feels like I straight up dont have a family. --- !!!!!!!!! https://imgur.com/DzJSPWA</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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