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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up as the quiet one in a family of yellers. But the scariest times were when my mom would get quiet. That's when you really knew you had to watch out ... the dreaded whisper with a pointed finger. Ugh. My father was usually tuned out, but when he tuned back in he was loud, a yeller, and a bully. Anyway. It took me a really, really long time to find my own voice. And a good amount of money spent on therapy. I married a loud man. Divorced him, thank god. Married a good, quiet man who is amazing and rarely raises his voice unless under extreme duress. Sadly, I have raised my voice on occasion with my son. It is a default, I guess, to kind of go back to how you were treated as a kid. I work so hard to break the cycle. But I have come nowhere to the level my family took it. My self esteem took so many hits as a kid; I don't want my son to ever feel how I felt. I was in constant fight or flight; it sucked.[/quote]
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