DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoOn a scale of -10 to 10, how would you rate your childhood? (10 is being spoiled, 0 is neutral, -10 is being abused/neglected)message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareOn a scale of -10 to 10, how would you rate your childhood? (10 is being spoiled, 0 is neutral, -10 is being abused/neglected)DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
Mine varies from like 4 to -5, with random flucturations into -7 to -8. I’d say it averages out at like -1.
minus-squareMediocre_Bard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·18 hours agoI would rate it a 0 or -1. My therapist would rate it a -9 or -10.
minus-squareVupware@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoInteresting that your therapist is adamant that your conditions were worse than you perceive them to be. I’ve never had a therapist, but I had a traumatic upbringing. I’d rate my childhood -5; what would a therapist think of my past, I wonder?
minus-squareMediocre_Bard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoWell, I thought my upbringing was normal and that everybody was physically and emotionally abused. It turns out that this is incorrect.
minus-squarespankinspinach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoEvery child’s experience is normal to them until they start comparing notes, often later in life
I would rate it a 0 or -1. My therapist would rate it a -9 or -10.
Interesting that your therapist is adamant that your conditions were worse than you perceive them to be.
I’ve never had a therapist, but I had a traumatic upbringing. I’d rate my childhood -5; what would a therapist think of my past, I wonder?
Well, I thought my upbringing was normal and that everybody was physically and emotionally abused. It turns out that this is incorrect.
Every child’s experience is normal to them until they start comparing notes, often later in life