#& other members of society teach/preach is the Normal Status Quo that everyone “Should” get to enjoy in life.....its actually NOT

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Some childhood abuse survivors find catharsis in stories about abusive parents going to jail, getting the shit beaten out of them, being definitively disowned by their child or otherwise facing punitive consequences for the abuse they inflict.

Some childhood abuse survivors find catharsis in stories about about abusive parents apologizing to their child & owning their behavior, going to therapy, putting in work to do better by their child while understanding the harm they did will never actually be erased or forgotten, and don't really care if those stories never emphasize or explore punitive consequences in depth.

Some childhood abuse survivors find catharsis in both these things at different times, in different ways, or to different degrees.

Petition for people who do not identify as childhood abuse survivors to internalize that this shit is complicated and thinking that there even are "obvious" outcomes, wants, or reactions here is 100% due to assumptions about childhood abuse survivors stemming almost entirely from generalized and "obvious" storylines. Y'know. As opposed to there ever having been any actual trend in media of survivors taking the lead in exploring a wide range of story directions and resolutions here.