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K.C

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Have any of you opened up to someone that was immediate family then after really realized that they said stuff like “I mean everyone has anxiety” everyone is a little depressed”? Like I was there having the conversation and heard it but almost like spaced out with other emotions that I really realized after the fact… it’s stuff like this that makes me feel crazy.. you think you’re supported and it went well then remember those words. I’m not supported at all by them. None of them. I have tears in my shoulder and literally after having a conversation to my mother about her very similar injuries she gave me a mean look and questioned why I can’t braid my own sons hair instead of looking for someone to do it.. these tears that we just got done speaking about has cause my whole arm to be weaker and get tired so easily and just hurt for DAYS! I don’t understand how it’s my family of all people that just don’t seem to get it. And then when I’m ready to walk away from all of them and their toxicity then I’m being dramatic, selfish and over reacting. I learned what gaslighting meant last week in my 30’s thanks to my mother who produces that definition on a regular basis. Because of that; knowing a full definition with examples in front of me.. my own life.. I can’t keep them in my life and yet I still feel bad and like I’m the crazy one 😔 I swear it’s a never ending exhausting cycle that I can’t afford to move out of.

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    • K.C

      576d

      @Zeeloo thank you!

    • Cece7

      576d

      I deal with a similar situation as well. My mom experienced anxiety for a brief moment where her heart raced one night and she talked about how she knows how it feels now and all she had to do was breathe and it was gone quickly and I’m just thinking cool so I’ve been dealing with anxiety weekly for the past 20 years and sometimes it’s so bad I can’t even recognize myself or family and go into complete dissociated panic state that only medication can stop but sure that’s the same thing. I’ll just breathe and magically all those 20 years of anxiety will disappear.

      • Tink3rbelle

        576d

        @Cece7 I wish my dad and stepmother understood. When she was out the picture my dad understood. Then she came back and back in the cold I go. My birth mom was amazing. She fought with bipolar too. So she grounded me when she could.

    • Tink3rbelle

      576d

      Yes. Though they know I suffer from depression and anxiety they makes excuses to make it better without acknowledging it. My stepmothers words, Get a job it'll fix it!"

    • Zeeloo

      576d

      I feel you! Sounds so much like what I deal with on the daily. I hope that we're both able to escape the toxicity ASAP. Until then I'm sending hugs and hopes for healing. 🙏

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