Creating An Abuser - Tumblr Posts
He told me his mother used to read him this story when he was a child. She told him that the moral of the story was that you shouldn’t be generous with people because they’ll just want more and more from you.
Is it any wonder?
TW - self harm
When he was in his early teens, he confessed to his parents that he had urges to hurt himself. He wanted to take one of his hunting knives and plunge it into his gut.
I’m not a mother, so maybe I don’t know, but if my kid came up to me and told me he was having a hard time not gutting himself, I’m pretty sure we’d be dropping everything and going to the hospital to get some professional help.
They took away his hunting knives. That’s it.
I know we’re supposed to avoid harbouring sympathy for our abusers, but goddam it, he didn’t stand a chance.
Is it any wonder?
TW - self harm
When he was in his early teens, he confessed to his parents that he had urges to hurt himself. He wanted to take one of his hunting knives and plunge it into his gut.
I’m not a mother, so maybe I don’t know, but if my kid came up to me and told me he was having a hard time not gutting himself, I’m pretty sure we’d be dropping everything and going to the hospital to get some professional help.
They took away his hunting knives. That’s it.
Mother of the Year
His sister really struggled with depression and suicidal ideation in her early teens. It was very inconvenient for his parents.
His mother made him check on his sister sometimes “to make sure she hadn’t killed herself” because she just “couldn’t stomach it” anymore.
I .. just... what?
The first time I ever heard the n word used in person, it was at his family’s dinner table.
I was dumbfounded.