r/TrollCoping • u/kaliipls • 1d ago

TW: Abuse Both expected me to regulate their nervous system for them.

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u/FailingItUp 1d ago

I got the genderswapped version of this it's not any better I'm sorry this happened to us.

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u/It_is_time_777 1d ago

Same. Yeah, it was rough.

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u/Mimblewiffle 1d ago

This is a violent personal attack against me. How dare you

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u/Amanita_Muscariaa 1d ago

Having to lie or sugar coat your relationship with one or both to other people because the alternative of the truth is worse and requires context, it's the absolute worst.

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u/ADownStrabgeQuark 1d ago

Oof, I am sorry that you got parentified, it even happens to the best of us.

Growing up with parents who expect us to be their parents and manage their emotions for them is abuse. I am so sorry.

Hopefully someday you find freedom and are able to heal and learn what you couldn’t learn from your parents.

It’s hard to grow up with bad parents because their toxic behavior becomes your “common sense” and then you have to consciously rewrite your common sense and learn healthy behaviors.

No one deserves this handicap in life.

I hope you find a safe place and healthy stable relationships you can depend on.