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Not all parents are loving and supportive

The Overwhelmed Brain

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Is Your Mam Using You to Find Control in Her Life?

You were probably the victim of abuse before, when your dad was in the picture. But now your mam is using you for that. Whatever supply she needs, whether it's a narcisistic supply or just a trama response, like hercop mechanism, is unhealthy. So she uses you to find control in her life. And she probably does need to talk to somebody. She probably does need professional help, or at least talk to somebody, talk to any body, a best friend, to get some of the stuff that she's holding on to out. Because this is what happens. We are upset or angry or feel completely oppressed by some one else for a period of time,

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