No thankfully. Just bringing up memories from childhood. But I have went on the past few years thinking I was worthless and was diagnosed with anxiety and depression at 13. But I always remind myself to not let the past affect me.
A bit of background info:
My parents were old fashioned and it took them a while to kind of "let go." They apparently spanked/yelled at me out of love and also out of fear that I would get hurt since they didn't trust anyone at that time. They weren't born in Canada like I was so when I went to school I was confused that other kids got "privileges" that I didn't. My dad apparently got whipped as a child so he passed this superstrict mentally and also influenced my mom. My parents have apologize years later. Besides I'm a grown up now so I'm in control of my life.
That's good that your out of it then. I had a similar experience, my stepfather was really adamant about respect. He valued it over everything, he didn't care if we hated him or that we were unhappy or whatever else. I don't think he realized that we didn't respect him, we were just too scared to go against him. His father was pretty awful, that's probably what made him this way.
Like your parents my stepdad eventually changed and apologized as well.
What do you think of people spanking/whooping their kids?
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No thankfully. Just bringing up memories from childhood. But I have went on the past few years thinking I was worthless and was diagnosed with anxiety and depression at 13. But I always remind myself to not let the past affect me.
A bit of background info:
My parents were old fashioned and it took them a while to kind of "let go." They apparently spanked/yelled at me out of love and also out of fear that I would get hurt since they didn't trust anyone at that time. They weren't born in Canada like I was so when I went to school I was confused that other kids got "privileges" that I didn't. My dad apparently got whipped as a child so he passed this superstrict mentally and also influenced my mom. My parents have apologize years later. Besides I'm a grown up now so I'm in control of my life.
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That's good that your out of it then. I had a similar experience, my stepfather was really adamant about respect. He valued it over everything, he didn't care if we hated him or that we were unhappy or whatever else. I don't think he realized that we didn't respect him, we were just too scared to go against him. His father was pretty awful, that's probably what made him this way.
Like your parents my stepdad eventually changed and apologized as well.