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Things I Wish I Could Tell My Emotionally Abusive Parents as a Teen

You are not your parents.

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Things I Wish I Could Tell My Emotionally Abusive Parents as a Teen
  1. You are the most negative person to be around. If you smiled or laughed at something other than the words that come out of your own mouth, I would willingly spend more time with you.
  2. If I am not talking about someone in an awful manner to you, I feel like I do not fit in. The atmosphere around you is so pessimistic. It is like you have to fuel it with more negativity.
  3. I do not want to be who you want me to be. I have my own plans for my life. I am sorry. I am growing into my own human, not another you.
  4. If you were nice about things, I would love to help out because I would want to, not because I have to.
  5. When I come to you for something, I want you to listen. Do not tell me I am stupid for how I feel then make the situation all about how you feel.
  6. I do tell you the truth. I am not continuously lying all the time. Stop trying to find your idea (that is always negative) and make me look bad for telling the truth.
  7. Would it hurt you to believe in me at least once instead of making me live the life that you want me to?
  8. I wish I felt like you loved me because you want to. Not because you have to.
  9. You feel; you feel; you feel. Will it ever matter what I think?
  10. The emotionless face I give you when you talk to me is a cover up for me crying on the inside.
  11. I do try.
  12. It is hard to do anything when you do not even have the heart to get out of bed.
  13. I do not know if I can forgive you for ruining that great thing going in my life.
  14. I do spend time doing the things I care about. If you actually supported me enough to pay attention, you would realize that a lot of time goes into the process.
  15. I was trying to make you happy, but I am not.

This life is your life. YOU live YOUR life. Obey your parents of course, and be the best you can be. Work hard at whatever you do. Life is like a dot. It does not last long. Make it worth it. All that hard work that you did behind the scenes of emotional abuse will pay off. Use that anger that builds up inside of you from all of the negative comments as motivation to improve yourself. When you are old enough to make your own decisions, you will see the strength built inside of you from the long journey. I believe in you, and I know that you are capable. You just have to set your mind to it and grow from it instead of drow

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