Narc

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All feelings are valid AND just because a mom feels sad about her child calling her treatment of them abusive doesn’t mean that child now owes her an apology. The problem never was them calling out the abuse. *No matter how sad this makes their mom.* The problem always was the fact their mom abused them. Full stop. Healing reminder: Don’t let other people (including your mom) confuse you on this. Just because your mom feels rejected by you telling your story doesn’t mean you owe her an apolo...
So many estranged parents want to ✨focus on the future✨ rather than to talk about what they did to hurt their children in the first place. It is completely valid to need to talk about the past before deciding on whether you want a future with someone in your life. That includes parents.