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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom was a yeller and I couldn't stand up for myself well into young adulthood.  I think there's a correlation.  People who weren't close to me would probably describe me as 'meek'.  Finally I decided I couldn't blame my upbringing anymore and developed into a reasonably assertive person.  [/quote]

PP here, also wanted to say I'm still very much a people pleaser and I'm sure that has something to do with my mom's constant yelling.  [/quote]

This.

My mom was a yeller and a perfectionist, and I struggle to this day with being afraid to fail. One of the reasons I love my DD's school so much? When I tell her I can't do something, she says very encouragingly , "You can try, Mom! And if it doesn't work, it's ok, you can keep trying!"

My mom yelled at us anytime we didn't do anything perfectly the first time, and for lots of other reasons too. We found out much later that she'd had a chemical imbalance that was corrected as a side effect of surgery to repair an aneurism, so I had the benefit of having a much better relationship with my mom in my adult years, but I feel the yelling, etc had a huge effect on my self esteem and the choices I made in life.

I absolutely avoid loud people, to the point of changing my religion to avoid the yelling preachers (Southern Baptist).[/quote]

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