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You Know, It's a Form of Love, Right?
I grew up in a house that was heavily self regulated and encouraged self regulation. As an adult, I became heavily in this world of suck it up. That really had a negative impact on my ability to show empathy or attunement for anybody who is anything less than perfect. My journey of being my own nurturing parent is allowing me to kind of see them through a different lens but also realize that I can't just keep pointing my finger at them because your parents subtly told you to sucking it up.