TRAUMATIZED PERSON IN MOVIE: [trembling, thousand yard stare] if you breathe wrong, I will crumble TRAUMATIZED PERSON IRL: --so then I had to spend X-Mas Eve making a lean-to bc my dad locked me out of the house all night haha, what, c'mon it's funny [car alarm beeps] AHH WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT
the movie version does also happen
Don't worry, my dad didn't do that, it happened to my high school bsf bc her dad locked her out in the snow as punishment & then passed out on heroin
unfortunately big mood
So true. Any noise above 28 decibels sends me into a state of pure hysteria. I wish my father was a better man.
So Anyway there I was like an Inch long Splinter stuck in my food munching the last of the Snacks, playing Farming Simulator while Dogsitting for my dad because he disappeared for two but he didn't buy groceries so I had to wait for grandpa to buy more (true story, also it took me so long to-
I was lucky. My parents were mostly wrapped up in themselves and fighting each other so I was more neglected than abused. I sometimes got used as a pawn in proxy wars, though.
It's always fun swapping childhood stories at a big gathering, sharing a laugh with a few other people, having a good laugh and realizing everyone else around you has fallen silent and is staring in horror at your little circle. "What?"
and then they are surprised why everyone around went completely silent
That which does not kill me leaves me with a dark sense of humor and unhealthy coping mechanisms.