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Both my parents were like this and it made me and my sibling withdraw from them as much as we could. After growing up I realized that my parents were undiagnosed untreated neurodivergent adults who were constantly dysregulated and overwhelmed from participating in society and just from being alive in general. Very unfortunate especially now that I know that it could have been avoided and shouldn't have to be this way.

Other than strained relationship with my parents which is kind of recovering rn, I spent most of my life sleeping in a state of unsafety and insecurity which lead to waking up startled even when there was no danger irl. That resulted in me being exhausted and feeling unrested.

The silent treatment had a very negative impact on my emotional development. I was always on guard when somebody went silent. To me it meant that they are mad at me and there is nothing I can do to make it right and that kind of gave me unhealthy attachment issues. I still have hard time with giving people their personal space when they are dysregulated without feeling personally threatened.

I unknowingly had my therapist go to a continue education about autism (especially in women). Y’all. When I say that I almost cried when my therapist said she was going to go to an autism continued education. She mentioned she thought of me and how different autism portrays in women and stated it was ME that encouraged her to go to learn more. I’m nearly in tears now just writing this.

I love my therapist. She’s helped me through some things and ways of coping (for context I have AuDHD/schizoaffective Bipolar/and PTSD). I’m so thrilled she’s going to this conference to learn more. It showed me she’s a really caring person that wants to learn more so she can help others better themselves.

Sometimes I get depressed and think I’m useless but then times like this makes me feel good and hopeful that I can still live a fulfilling life. I’m open to questions. Anything you want to ask me.

Thanks for reading!

It pisses me off when mean ass people confuse gentle parenting with permissive parenting by incompetent adults and justify abusing kids. Read a book. Learn some skills.

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Research Gap vs Problem Statement

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Did anyone grow up with parents who did this? Can you share how it impacted you?

Therapist wanted to learn more

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Is it surprising to anyone that male SA victims open up to women more than men? I wonder why.