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After my dad died and I developed some trauma from finding him dead and being told by 911 to try to resuscitate his cold and hard body, I needed some warmth and compassion from my mother but all she knows is “tough love” 😢
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Anonymous 1d

therapy

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Anonymous 15h

Jesus doesn’t give you tough love 🫂

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

AI is better at talking to me about this trauma than trained therapists. The therapist went “well your brother is doing okay so what’s your problem?”

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

its worth it to keep looking until you find a good one that is a right fit for you. AI can do some neat things but it inherently cannot understand you as a human being with thoughts and emotions and it cannot keep track of your whole history and patient profile. it provides short term and immediate reassurance/validation but not long term healing

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

I’m not exactly a college student so I think it’s too late for me. Ima stay broke forever. I have interest in nothing

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

its never too late, especially if you’re only in your 20’s/30’s. thats still young in the grand scheme of things. and don’t mistake the fog of depression and trauma for having interest in nothing. you don’t need to have a passion that changes the world, its always been enough to just have something that fills you even if only a little at a time. maybe it could help to think of what steps you can take to build a sustainable life that gives you opportunities to explore those interests

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

It’s kinda funny that my mom has no warmth or compassion for me yet the main reason I don’t just end it is cuz I don’t want her to be the one to find me hanging from the ceiling

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

It’s a shame my horrible terrible no good very bad trauma has a brilliant bright side. Intimately knowing what’s it like to be dead makes me very able to appreciate the small simple things that come from being warm alive and soft. maybe my problem is I just have no one to share that appreciation with

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 21h

Hey … maybe you shouldn’t share all of your deepest problems with yik yak

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