As a mother and a human, I have the ability to understand and react to the way my children feel. I have learned to do this over time, and I still do it. I’m also a survivor. I have learned how to handle my own emotions and know when to step back.
But I also know that there is a difference between reacting to your children and being a mom to them. It’s not a perfect line, but it’s one that I’ve traveled over time, and it hasn’t been easy.
This is a great quiz. It shows that you don’t have to be perfect to be a good mom.
It’s just one of those self-talk things. You have to be aware of your own emotions and know when you can step back and not try to control your children’s emotions. As a parent, I have to be a bit more aware of my emotions and know when I can step back. But I also know that we are all flawed people, and my children are all flawed people as well.
I can’t think of a single parent/child relationship that is not emotionally abusive. I think when I was growing up, I was the only person my parents allowed to spend time with me, because I was too shy and didn’t have the skills to communicate with them. That was until I was in college and I met friends who had the skills and the confidence to communicate with me. Although, I believe it is important to be able to communicate with your kids on a regular basis.
So, my two cents? If you have a parent who is emotionally abusive, you are probably going to be a little angry, and not necessarily for the reasons you think.
You might think their behavior is because they are a sociopath, but I would suggest that it is because they are dealing with a very strong emotional attachment to you. They want you to have all the attention that you need to feel good about yourself, and they are having a hard time with the demands of your job. If your parents weren’t so incredibly controlling, they probably wouldn’t be so mean.
It seems clear that the only person you are in an emotionally abusive relationship with is yourself, and that is why you are behaving as you are doing. You are not in a relationship with anyone else, and you are not being abused by anyone else. You are just finding it very difficult to stay in a relationship where you feel emotionally abused.
Yes! I said “emotionally abusive relationship quiz”. The problem is that you are not in a relationship with anyone else and you are not being abused by anyone else.
And with that one sentence we’ve essentially defined the only person you are in an emotionally abusive relationship with is yourself. This is a big problem because what you are doing is abusing yourself.