Post by @nek@hear-me.social

2026-10-24 17:27 UTC

"Family" are the people who, particularly when they're feeling insecure or in any way stressed, will scold you mercilessly and make certain that you know you're stupid and unnecessary. They want you gone — and they want you to want to be gone.

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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social 2026-10-24 17:28

@nek@hear-me.social 😭

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@nek@hear-me.social 2026-10-24 21:31

She did a worse job than usual concealing her contempt. Almost directly called me pathetic and stupid. Hasn't given those remarks another thought since then, probably. I can't say, 'That's hurtful. Please stop that.' The tirades always amplify and accelerate when I try that, with a flurry of accusations, to which any reaction I have, at all, is vehemence, and demands that I seek help for it, elsewhere. Have to disengage from that, you bet. But that's just as hard as taking it. Hostages like me are fscked. Sorry #TMI but maybe the experience will sound usefully, actionably familiar to another person. My skin has gotten just slightly thicker, necessarily.

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@TywyllSeren@spacey.space 2026-10-24 17:30

@nek@hear-me.social Sounds familiar…unfortunately.

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