"I only talk to God when I need a favor
And I only pray when I ain't got a prayer
So, who the hell am I, who the hell am I to expect a Savior, oh
If I only talk to God when I need a favor?
But God, I need a favor"
- Jelly Roll
My therapist and I had a brief chat about what it felt like to grow up neurodivergent in Nigeria 20 years ago.
I remember a lot of conversations with my mum with me saying I’m different and not like everybody else.
I didn’t know how or why, just that I was different somehow.
I cried because I saw myself at that age, with the exact same feelings, but with no one to talk to, blaming myself for causing my parents pain because I was careless & never paid attention. I didn't know my brain was different. I thought I was defective. I thought I was a bad kid
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Had me swaying for a minute there, but olowo ori mi @DebolaDaniel put me back on solid ground. A rock even stronger than Peter!
Agba, please go back to your ladies 😂. Jemimah, FK & Dorathy need you
One thing I wasn’t prepared for as an adult is dealing with /working with /interacting with people who were raised on survival & not love. People who were raised in a dog eat dog household.
If a person was fiercely competing with family , how do you think they will handle you ?
I might get dragged for this, but why is marriage such an important thing to Nigerian women? It’s like they believe they are nothing without marriage. Yes, marriage is nice and all, but why do they make it seem like they are cursed if they are not married at a certain age?