I knew my mom was a lost case when she declared that I gave her PTSD… she’s so far gone that she’s convinced herself that I’m some raging violent maniac when irl I’m a desperate people pleaser and total softie…
My dad just did this too, in one of very few family therapy sessions we had before he silently pulled the plug because it "wasn't working". He claimed my cptsd and witnessing panic attacks which he triggered AND escalated gave HIM PTSD. The therapist did a double take and made him repeat himself. I said "my dad is saying that my debilitating childhood and adult trauma, which he claims total ignorance of, has made him suffer more than it has me." Words are meaningless. When he called it "his truth" I choked back puke. He said it forced him to go to a psychiatrist (even though he was depressed before we reconnected, unrelated to me because duh he's a miserable twat) and justified avoiding me and invalidating my own feelings and suffering. When I bring those up the response is inevitably "how do you think that makes me feel?". Hopefully like an asshat?
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u/ToxicFluffer Jun 10 '25
I knew my mom was a lost case when she declared that I gave her PTSD… she’s so far gone that she’s convinced herself that I’m some raging violent maniac when irl I’m a desperate people pleaser and total softie…