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there’s a lot my mom went thru w abusive men. and she did sm to protect and care for us and i love her the most in the world. but ive also started realizing that most of my childhood was kind of being her therapist. not intentionally bc she WAS isolated
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Anonymous 7w

a lot and we were (and still are) very close. and ofc she cared for me in many things as well. but i just started to think abt how a lot of my more obvious mental health issues were missed, and even discussing it with her she acts like she doesn’t see it in me. but that’s bc she didn’t see it in me then too….idk. i think it’s a complex feeling bc ultimately she was a woman in a bad situation and i think we both deserved better in similar and different ways

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

I had a similar situation except my mom and I were victims of severe domestic abuse and we think she may have head severe head trauma. Because of that she just neglected me and it turned out very badly bc I kinda had to figure out how to survive but besides that I understand because when I think about that time period I can see how stuck she was and is.

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