#and my parents would've received a hefty fine if i didn't go semiregularly amd got decent grades and decent education) | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

robinsnest2111 · 9 months ago

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always fun whenever I bring up an anecdote from my childhood and it turns out it wasn't an anecdote, but actually recounting an apparently traumatic event. at least according to the people I tell the anecdote to.

#somehow my dnd group got to the topic of punishments for bad behaviour we got from our parents as children #and i casually mentioned how i got grounded for months at a time and got basically socially isolated #also all electronics taken away and cable cut on the tv. all i had were books while i had to stay in my room #also the 10 liter buckets of cold water dumped on me and my bed when depression kept me from getting up in the mornings #all to correct bad/annoying behaviour brought on by untreated mental illness #I've lived with this for over 15 years now it's become normal to me but apparently that's not normal?#one of my dnd buddies who was in the day clinic program with me says it checks out with all the other stuff i told him about my childhood #anyway. thought of the day tbh #(clarification my parents haven't done this in YEARS it was only around the time school was still mandatory to attend for me #and my parents would've received a hefty fine if i didn't go semiregularly amd got decent grades and decent education)#now that i'm an adult with a job and am taking care of my own business they don't punish me anymore #(except the one time i was still unable to work due to chronic pain and the painsomnia made me pass out during the daytime #so my father decided to cut off wifi access from all of my electronics for weeks to 'fix me' like old times)#but that was just one thing. no biggie

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