Insert horrified looks when I tell me friends some “funny stories” from my childhood. :D

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    5 months ago

    And now these horribly abused children are adults with their own children.

    Thankfully a lot of them are learning to break the cycle of parental mental abuse

    • aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      "They fuck you up, your mum and dad.

      They may not mean to, but they do.

      They fill you with the faults they had

      And add some extra, just for you.

      But they were fucked up in their turn

      By fools in old-style hats and coats,

      Who half the time were soppy-stern

      And half at one another’s throats.

      Man hands on misery to man.

      It deepens like a coastal shelf.

      Get out as early as you can,

      And don’t have any kids yourself. "

      *This Be The Verse

      • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.netEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        "Get out as early as you can,

        And don’t have any kids yourself. "

        I did not get out early, but my eventual spouse and I were on the same page: the crazy stops with me.

        My sister had different plans and now has two neurodivergent kids. ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

        • aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          I’m pretty sure that one of my parents and their siblings are all ND. I don’t think it’s terrible, but the unawareness certainly is.

      • Monument@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        You don’t have to die alone!

        You can get sterilized then start (or join) an anarcho-communist polyamorous commune. If you find the right mix of traumas, it can function really well! Or end in fire. But it will be exciting, and you won’t be alone!