DirtyOldTown 🍉 on Nostr: Years after you grow up in an abusive household, long after you've established ...
Years after you grow up in an abusive household, long after you've established yourself as a functional, loving spouse/parent, you may still very occasionally have the abusive parent's voice speak through you.
It will come out in a moment of panic or stress like it's Pazuzu talking through Regan in The Exorcist. And even though you didn't hurt anybody, and you immediately walk it back, and they know both that this isn't you and where it comes from...
They will still all be reminded that for all of your growth as a person, you remain just a few steps away from being someone whose head can spin.
It will come out in a moment of panic or stress like it's Pazuzu talking through Regan in The Exorcist. And even though you didn't hurt anybody, and you immediately walk it back, and they know both that this isn't you and where it comes from...
They will still all be reminded that for all of your growth as a person, you remain just a few steps away from being someone whose head can spin.