so did we all see how they smoked out alaira's eyeshadow and gave her deep red lipstick and a hot voice and a little bit of cleavage like are we supposed to be normal about this
The rats are still a metaphor for an abusive relationship, something can be literal and also have a symbolic meaning and the implications of mahiru's abusive behaviours are still there
i see a lot of people on #systwt asking if what they've experienced counts as trauma, so i wanted to make a thread about what experiences may be traumatic. i am not a doctor, i can not diagnose you with anything, this is literally just a list of things that are traumatic for kids
does anyone else think its weird that your arguably most defining feature (your name) is chosen by your parent/guardian instead of yourself? like. its what everyone is going to call you as for the rest of your life, itll be on every important document and you didnt even choose it
The more you learn about child abuse, the more you begin to realize that unconditional love is expected from children toward their parents, not the other way around. And it was never the other way around.