It Takes a Village

[Anonymous]

You also sound like you need some outside therapy or validation if you are posting randomly on DCUM on how you clearly have everything "under control" now *giggles*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You also sound like you need some outside therapy or validation if you are posting randomly on DCUM on how you clearly have everything "under control" now *giggles*

Can always count on DCUM for the snark. Hope you feel better putting someone else down who is maybe trying to share their experience so others might relate.

You do you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's very interesting to read this, as the former Problem Child of my family growing up. My parents did not at ALL feel they failed as parents, but that I failed at being a person. All the blame was on me, and I was supposed to be ashamed of myself. All my cousins, all our family friends - everyone else was successful and thriving at school and friends and life, and only I was a problem. It was on me that I didn't do what I was supposed to, didn't follow directions, didn't get along, didn't make friends, do chores or do them right, etc.

The closest anyone else in our "world" who was a problem was when my cousin got spinal meningitis for a couple/few months.

This makes me wonder if my parents were outliers or you're an outlier or things have changed since I was a child.

So why were you the only one not being successful, thriving, etc?