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Reflecting

User Profile: Ekwatorzone
Ekwatorzone February 19th, 2024

As a grown up person trying to lead an independent living, meeting challenges every now and then, i have spent long time reflecting on the way i was raised. I have came up with the idea that these challenges are mostly due to defects in the how i was raised. 

So, at times of challenges, i catch myself thinking of those defects, blaming my parents,  and consequently my relationship with them becomes tensive. (my current relation is based on as far as safe)  

I don't like being in tension with them. Part because i don't like being in tension. And part because it happens when i meet a challenge,so,i feel bad at myself. I think maybe i need to be more far. 

I can understand the way they live by. Can understand where the defects come from. I don't know how much they held responsible for those defects. I can say they don't represent an example i would like to be. 

I know they provided me with home, food. But i lacked other non materialistic. 



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User Profile: Hope
Hope February 19th, 2024

@Ekwatorzone

This is a very common but often not talked about topic. It looks like you are self-aware enough to know that some situations can be triggering for you. 

It makes sense that if you place blame on someone else, you are likely to feel resentful too. Most people don't like the idea of being uneasy around certain people especially when living close by. Understandably, you want peace. 

This is a challenging thing to navigate. There are no quick fixes, healing takes time. I am glad you can see the situation as grey, they had some good, but naturally, some ways they lacked. 

Sometimes when we blame others, it can be easy to at some level wait for these people to change or apologize before we can move on but someone can be blamed for your situation/problem and still, the responsibility is yours to work on yourself/resolve the situation.