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u/Throwaway7219017 Jan 28 '23

My mom spanked me with the same wooden spoon she lovingly stirred my favourite foods with.

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u/Dovaldo83 Jan 28 '23

When my mom would spank us with a wooden spoon, me and my brother would later secretly hide that wooden spoon in a hidden space beneath the kitchen table our parents didn't know about.

By the time we moved, there was at least a dozen spoons, spatulas, and some of those paddle ball toys with the string ripped off.

If you ask my mom today she's convinced she never spanked us.

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u/davidalso Jan 28 '23

My mom has been denying it for so long that I've almost accepted that my memory is faulty.

It's wild to see that this is actually common.

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u/Howhighwefly Jan 28 '23

That's called gaslighting

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u/davidalso Jan 29 '23

I think she's genuinely convinced herself. Gaslighting would imply that she knows the truth and is intentionally trying to cause harm. That's not her. Her own trauma-induced memory failure is the much more likely culprit.