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No. 1296278
My parents never failed me in the way that they always provided for me and my needs, they even bought me cool videogames, but they weren't emotionally sound, there always was some kind of screaming in the house between them or towards my other sibling. They fought a lot, to the point that my dad used a gun on my mom but fired it at a tv instead. They also treated me like I was stupid sometimes, and didn't let me use things inside the house, I didn't know how to use the washing machine for years. Paradoxically they also loved that I wasn't very conflictive growing up (at first) and very good at school, and they thought I would do great things in life etc. It wasn't until I started being a little more revelious that they started treating me differently (in the bad way). My mom loves telling me that they always always were there for me and that they always always gave me things. I still struggle with the idea that maybe they weren't so bad after all, but then something in me says "no, they totally were bad, don't gaslight yourself" kek. Anyways. I don't want to forgive, I would like to heal first but forgetting this stuff, "turning the page" is just so idioting to me when it deeply impacted very serious parts of my life.
No. 1296302
My dad was very controlling, and my mom always went along with him, I'm not sure if she did this out of fear or what, but that definetely fucked me up. My brother lashed out at me constantly and said shit to me that hurts me to this day, and he's the main reason why I hate men lmao. My family was very disfunctional, and I see the effects on my adult self now. My emotions are all over the place. Just now I'm learning to let go of things that hurt me, and healing.
However, I do not believe that forgiveness is necessary to healing. It would not help in any way shape or form to give my forgiveness, something that must absolutely be EARNED, to the people that failed me. Those who say "forgiving is the first step to healing" are so full of bullshit, because for me, part of healing is keeping in mind those things that hurt you and then working towards improving yourself. Why or HOW would giving my precious forgiveness to the people who were mean to me, exhausted me, berated me, or had their 3rd strike in the emotional department, good for my own growth? Why would saying "wow they weren't so bad after all" and letting them in my life again help me at all?
No. 1296320
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>>1296305The religious idea of forgiveness is a fucking cancer in this world. Any religion that wants you to forgive rape or murder is absolutely brainwashing you and wants you to be weak or meek. It's always women, children, or
victims the ones who have to forgive too. The perpetuator eventually learns that he will always be forgiven by others or by god and doesn't learn shit, he will continue commiting atrocities and hurting others. I want women of the world to stop forgiving others, I want them to fight back and be crass, unforgiving, brutal.
Even the shit that is aimed at us, like those instagram uwuhealing accounts and pinterest quotes, those TV shows and chicflics written by men, everything… society wants women to forgive abusers and anyone who hurts us no matter what, with no critical thought or consideration for or own feelings. Just forgive, forgive, forgive. I think this is bullshit.
No. 1296479
>>1296478Would you forgive your parents if they were well meaning but ultimately became
toxic due to their own set of personal issues? My mom tried her best to raise me but she herself was deeply wounded.
No. 1296519
>>1296512Ayrt
>Is she continuing the behaviors albeit not as bad?Yeah. Tbh she's not as bad as she used to be, I would call her nice, too. Remembering what I went through gives me a rethorical headache so I try not to, but it's hard not to judge everything based on certain situations that happened in the past. Something in me tells me things weren't as bad, the other tells me yes they were bad even when there were other nice moments around. She has learnt, but I feel like there's certain things that still manage to hurt me. I want to think my mom is a nice woman, because I see it otherwise.
>Is she negatively impacting your life?She is, but that's probably because I haven't been able to fly away from the nest yet. I do love her, but I feel extremely guilty for moving on with my life and go achieve things while she stays the same. I guess it's not my responsiblity but it still makes me scared of her dying or something while I'm away. I don't want to completely cut her off, but I know that if I was to move away, I would probably go low contact. Or at least not see her as mucch as I would like to, since I'm planning on moving states. That's when I'm scared of her dying.
No. 1296521
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I hold on to grudges forever. Even really small petty things I never forget, and I still hope the persons who slighted me enough to remember for years are having bad times. I know it is really very unhealthy to keep these negative emotions but for some reason it's cathartic. To my enemies I wish them a very bad day.
No. 1296869
>>1296246The problem with forgiveness is that there are 2 types and most people don’t understand how either are actually supposed to work.
1. Religious forgiveness: The wrongdoer is supposed to show remorse for that they have done before they are forgiven. Sometimes they will have to do something (a penance) to prove this.
2. Self healing forgiveness: This is focused solely on the
victim moving on with their life. They are still hurt by what happened but they aren’t having strong emotions about what happened anymore. Usually this involves going low or no contact with the wrongdoer.
Note that neither of these require you to act like nothing happened and still be around the wrongdoer when the wrongdoer has shown no remorse, which is what people often confuse for being forgiveness.
No. 1298062
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If you exploit and abuse women in any way God is gonna come for you. You don’t get to thrive. You will be cursed. Always look over your shoulder.
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I don't have issues forgiving others but I have issues forgetting, which in turn makes me harbor resentment for those who have wronged me. If the person I’ve forgiven does the same thing I forgave them for again, I rescind my forgiveness and act cold and rude to them. I know it’s a bit immature, but usually the ones repeatedly crossing my boundaries and pushing my buttons are the same people in my life who don’t take me seriously unless I show them the prickly side of myself, and then it’s all “where’d our sweet anon go??? you are so kind why are you acting like this?”. Humans have limits and I am very human, so I don't feel the need to always be the one to bridge the gap with those who have dug out aforementioned gap.
No. 1298314
>>1298212Lol, I was the same. Always repeatedly pretending like nothing had happened and letting people walk all over me again. Thought ghosting was one of the most cruel things you could do to someone.
Now that I'm dealing with my childhood trauma, I ghost people like crazy and let others know what terrible people they are.
No. 1298335
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My mom is not so bad as other mothers out there but there's a few things I will never be able to forgive and still make me angry to this day
>Bitches about people constantly, people on tv, politicians, everyone
>Always judges other's appareance (despite her being obese)
>Didn't let me make my own friends, always controlled my friendships
>Told me to stay with a toxic girlfriend because "she will be the only one who loves and tolerates you in your life"
>Literally looks and acts like Aimep3 when trying to be funny (pic is aimep3)
>Overshares private stuff with my own friends, acts all sickly and sad in front of them, one of my friends was like "lol I don't mind listening to your mom uwu" well I fucking do jackass
>Opens my door sometimes even though she doesn't open my brother's door ever
>Infantilizes me constantly, doesn't let me use appliances, I have to buy my own
>Always made me feel guilty for things I had no control over as a child
>I could never be a happy playful child or do any normal child mess because she would get fucking angry
>Stayed with my dad even though my dad was clearly abusive and manipulative as fuck, coddles my brother who is exactly the same
>Overfed me and then emotionally neglected me
>I felt like I had to grow up quicker than others
>I feel guilty for her own sadness and sickness when she was the one to chose to not treat herself, lose weight, or do something to be happier, she just doesn't want to do anything about it
No. 1298958
>>1298849>>1298806I guess you could say you can let go of resentment but still not give forgiveness to someone. Like, saying "I have healed from this, but the thing this person did was something I cannot forgive, even if it currently doesn't hurt me anymore"
Like, for example, let's say something very
abusive happened in your life. You can heal from it and stop having resentment, but by innertia what they did is unforgivable
No. 1299102
I understand my mother, but I don't think I've actually forgiven her. She got post partem psychosis and tried to kill me when I was a couple weeks old. She's also a drug addict and alcoholic, generally picked horrible scrotes from what I've heard. I think she mentioned being diagnosed with bpd at some point? When I had to meet her due to her winning visitation rights, I asked her to apologize, but she claimed she has no idea what I'm talking about. Probably not necessarily out of malice, she probably truly doesn't really remember it, like a bad dream. I still agreed to let her visit me, because even though I didn't know my own mother and she's practically a complete stranger, I did pity her. However she only showed up a couple times, then never visited again. Only calling me when she got dumped by another drug addict creep and wanted attention. I can see how she ended up the way she did, her parents really fucked up. You know the type, high society, but swingers in the 70's and my grandpa is a bit of a pedo creep. She used to be very intelligent and was personalitywise quite similar to me apparently, but she got involved with shady scrotes while trying to escape her shitty home situation. I doubt I would've done much better than her in a situation like that, but that I can't even get a sorry? I'm supposed to just forgive her because "she's your mother!", but how am I supposed to forgive someone for trying to kill me, when they still don't give a fuck about me and can't even apologize for it?