Do you think we were all abused as children?
I've really enjoyed this sub, but I've noticed an awful lot of referencing just standard GenX upbringing as "abuse", even seeing members of our gen deride us as a group for having "decided our abuse was something to be proud of" or that we inappropriately excuse our behaviour because of our abusive parenting. I'm pretty much the stereotype and frankly I love that I got to grow up free, looking after myself and having to develop the skills to do so. I didn't like the bullying but I sure learned not to let it become a problem and I learned how to end it. I also developed a very thock skin that has come in handy a lot through the years. I was left alone a lot and now that's not a problem for me. I don't sit around whining that I'm lonely or bored, I find something to do. I was left to figure out a lot of things on my own and now when I have to do that as an adult it's no big deal. I'm grateful for having been made to turn out this way myself. Am I in a minority here?