Relationships What do you all think of this behavior? Was my mom legitimately abusive or am I being a p****? (Srs)

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Went to therapy for the first time recently and my mom came up. So much shit I didn’t even think was a big deal but the therapist said may have altered my personality. She in general was a loving and warm mom but would lose her mind with any amount of stress. What’d yall think?

She once threw a knife at my sister during a heated argument. Was a small butter knife Wasn’t aiming to kill, just throwing random stuff in a rage. We were teenagers.

Was yelling at my sister that even if she tried to kill her, she would have to respect her because God says to respect your parents (I was like 9 when I heard her say this)

When I was 9 I would forget my homework sometimes, one time she started screaming at me that I was going to be a loser and homeless when I grew up while I was crying

She never hit me as far as I remember, but when I was 9 and my sister was 11 she was hitting her for getting math problems wrong while she was on the ground crying

And she was also just a massive Karen. Would incoherently scream in public and start arguments with workers for anything that upset her

Like I said, when these things weren’t happening she was loving and kind mom. What do sherbros think? Was this legitimately child abuse or just old school parenting and were soft now?
 
Don't let some therapist persuade you into being bothered by things that don't bother you.

Only you know if you were abused or not, but judging by these few stories, no. Not even close

Edit: She does sound like she was dealing with a lot of stress though
 
Don't let some therapist persuade you into being bothered by things that don't bother you.

Only you know if you were abused or not, but judging by these few stories, no. Not even close

Edit: She does sound like she was dealing with a lot of stress though
Some people really don't handle stress well but if she was a "loving and kind mom" the rest of the time, I don't see the issue here?

His first problem was obviously going to a therapist...
 
unfortunately growing up around a woman who acted crazy sometimes is a universal experience, not saying its fun and cool when you are young but its kind of part of the deal so to speak

sending you love and hope you get the experience on your journey to progress, even if that means getting grifted by therapists
 
Some people really don't handle stress well but if she was a "loving and kind mom" the rest of the time, I don't see the issue here?

His first problem was obviously going to a therapist...
He says the inconsistency creates what’s called an anxious attachment style, which causes people to irrationally think that people will hurt or betray them, which leads to self sabotaging relationships

Like a few years ago a girl asked me out on a date, at the end we made out. A normal person would have thought “oh awesome this girl likes me” but I thought “why only a make out, why didn’t she invite me back to her place, she must not think I’m a chad and not really like me” so I just stopped responding to her…which was stupid as fuck obviously
 
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He says the inconsistency creates what’s called an anxious attachment style, which causes people to irrationally think that people will hurt or betray them, which leads to self sabotaging relationships

Like a few years ago a girl asked me out on a date, at the end we made out. A normal person would have thought “oh awesome this girl likes me” but I thought “why only a make out, why didn’t she invite me back to her place, she must not think I’m a chad and not really like me” so I just stopped responding to her…which was stupid as fuck obviously
Well the you just sound like a horny ungrateful douche here tbh. Don’t blame this on your momma.
 
Went to therapy for the first time recently and my mom came up. So much shit I didn’t even think was a big deal but the therapist said may have altered my personality. She in general was a loving and warm mom but would lose her mind with any amount of stress. What’d yall think?

She once threw a knife at my sister during a heated argument. Was a small butter knife Wasn’t aiming to kill, just throwing random stuff in a rage. We were teenagers.

Was yelling at my sister that even if she tried to kill her, she would have to respect her because God says to respect your parents (I was like 9 when I heard her say this)

When I was 9 I would forget my homework sometimes, one time she started screaming at me that I was going to be a loser and homeless when I grew up while I was crying

She never hit me as far as I remember, but when I was 9 and my sister was 11 she was hitting her for getting math problems wrong while she was on the ground crying

And she was also just a massive Karen. Would incoherently scream in public and start arguments with workers for anything that upset her

Like I said, when these things weren’t happening she was loving and kind mom. What do sherbros think? Was this legitimately child abuse or just old school parenting and were soft now?
2025 join date. Didn't read, but if you have to ask, you're a pussy.
 
Well the you just sound like a horny ungrateful douche here tbh. Don’t blame this on your momma.
It was about fear of being used not wanting to get laid

But you’re right on the second part, part of therapy is learning radical accountability. Even if my childhood gave me trauma the blame for my actions is on me, nobody else
 
Your mom obviously had anger issues. The vast majority of people, including parents, are deeply flawed and haven't figured out their shit. If I were a parent I would never want to strike or yell at my child, much less throw a metal object at them. But unfortunately, this kind of behavior is pretty normal and plenty of worse behaviors are common among parents. My parents did a lot worse. If graded on a curve, your mom probably is a decent parent.

I'm torn on dredging up the past for therapy. It's true your childhood could have resulted in issues so deep seated that you're not even aware of them. Happens to plenty of people. But at the same time I think therapists like to dwell in the mud too much. My attitude is to acknowledge it, work on it, and move on instead of trying to turn over every rock and over analyze every little thing to figure out what's wrong with you. They have to fill up their sessions somehow I guess.
 
It was about fear of being used not wanting to get laid

But you’re right on the second part, part of therapy is learning radical accountability. Even if my childhood gave me trauma the blame for my actions is on me, nobody else
"radical accountability"

What the utter fuck dude? You really need to pay someone to tell you that you need to take responsibility for your own actions and own your shit? Fucking 2025...
 
This is not the right website to talk to people about this shit man.

Listen to your therapist, don’t let Sherdoggers who don’t give a fuck tell you things and crawl into your head.

Your mom threw a knife at your sister dude. That can have an effect. That doesn’t mean she was a bad person, or that she was a bad person all the time. Different things have different effects on different people. And an adult yelling at a kid while they’re crying is fucked up. Would you do that to a kid? Kid is crying, they know they did wrong, you don’t keep laying into them.

That doesn’t mean you have to hate your mom. You can recognize she did bad things sometimes while still being a good person. That’s just part of being human.

And once again Sherdog is the absolute wrong place to look for advice or opinions on your childhood. This is a forum for people who love to watch men (and some women) violently beat the shit out of each other for money. We love it enough that we band together on a forum to debate who is tougher and call each other retard and pussy while we do it.
 
"And she was also just a massive Karen. Would incoherently scream in public and start arguments with workers for anything that upset her"

Looking like both here.

The good news is, she may not be able to stop being a Karen but you can choose to stop being a pussy.
 
Yes, your mom is hella crazy as lady. But it's okay both my parents are messed up individuals as well LOL
 
This is not the right website to talk to people about this shit man.

Listen to your therapist, don’t let Sherdoggers who don’t give a fuck tell you things and crawl into your head.

Your mom threw a knife at your sister dude. That can have an effect. That doesn’t mean she was a bad person, or that she was a bad person all the time. Different things have different effects on different people. And an adult yelling at a kid while they’re crying is fucked up. Would you do that to a kid? Kid is crying, they know they did wrong, you don’t keep laying into them.

That doesn’t mean you have to hate your mom. You can recognize she did bad things sometimes while still being a good person. That’s just part of being human.

And once again Sherdog is the absolute wrong place to look for advice or opinions on your childhood. This is a forum for people who love to watch men (and some women) violently beat the shit out of each other for money. We love it enough that we band together on a forum to debate who is tougher and call each other retard and pussy while we do it.
Hey everyone check out this retarded ass pussy and his heartfelt advice. Dear Dianne or whatever called and they want their being a retarded pussy back.
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Edit : see this is a example of sherdog forum therapy. Which basically you did by typing things out and sharing. Forgoten tomorrow.


No your mom is a good person and loves you. She is also right to teach you about God and the holly Bible. It´s a fact - love and serve your parents. One day we won´t have them anymore. They love us more than anyone. Noone wants good things for you like your mom or dad. Noone. If you are sick they suffer. They think about you every day. You came out of their body. You are a part of them. They can´t sleep if you are hurt.

My mom never did temper tantrums in public or embarass me. Only told us and other kids in a awful foreigner accent "schön zusammen spielen" " play together nicely". Jesus her accent speaking German was so bad and cliche. I flashback hear it now. Never forget it. Now I respect that she can speak okaish German. Even picked up a bit spanish from her work friends. I mean she is from Croatia Bosnia Jugoslavia. Croatian, used to be jugoslavia, now we are part of Bosnia, same city, different borders, new countries. Bosnia is new. She only worked in Germany in her 20ies. Out of poverty LOL. Our bros the Germans let our people and the greeks and italians and turks come to make some cash and help them spice the economy up. She was like 23 years there. Also took us away from war. Our city was safe but it´s obviously a risk. My friends mom died to a bomb, RIP. But in a different city 1 hour away. We are all Croatian on the Croatian border. We did go out to fight a lot. But it wasn´t on our teritory. People are crazy and still celebrate war heroes and events, dates every year, 30 years later. Biggest concert in Croatian History still is now Thompson (named after the gun) who was a general or soldier and half his songs are about war. People in Germany used to aks me why I am so nationalistic. Took me a few years to balance myself out and not be a "proud Croatian". I grew up more in Herzegovina ( Lower part of Bosnia, neighbouring Croatia on the west). Lol I just checked Marko Thompson last concert in the Capital had 504 000 visitors. We are literaly a country of 4 milion. We are brothers. Croatians. Rest can suck my dick if you don´t like it. Albanians are that way too, mentality wise.

However she apsolutely did panic at times and get rage and stress. From a small age. I mean in my home country was a war going on and she was alone with me and my brother, we were 3 and 6, and was going to work full time, working also extra. We have family in Germany but still. To this day the reason I always have problems being on time is cause I had since the age of like 7 to set my own alarm and walk to school myself. I got a letter that I came too late 50 times to school one year. I went to my first day at school alone and my mom was proud. Over this Pforzheim weird big bridge I randomly sometimes see in my dreams, it´s soo high and underneath it is water. That´s it I need to go back. I need to go back to Pforzheim. Family asking for me too. That´s family from my dads late half brother Ilia. Actually lol same name as dick head Topuria. Ilia. Are they Iliryans or something. Run into my old clique from elementary school. See those places we hung. The school. That one playground. That one penny markt. I literaly wanna walk around there. Imagine I find my old best friends house and ring. I randomly run into Cem and Edgar and Benny. I wonder what Andy is doin, he was pretty nuts.

And she did beat me. Cause that´s what you did to bad kids back than. If I was bad. Sometimes. Like when I was 2 years old and protested my grandma holding me. Good reason for some green branch whips. Pretty psycho actually but my mom is the best. I mean she never injured me. Literaly only thin green branch to the legs or arms. No marks no nothing. Slapped me once when I was a teen, cause she told me to not touch the "Window roller shutters" (I googled this word) and I did and she gave me a slap in front of my friend. And I used to fight my brother non stop when she was at work. He was getting bullied in school, probably was always very provocing verbaly and the city we were at as kids is 50% immigrants, yeah if he was 6 means he went to school without speaking German LOL. I actually still wanna punch that one bitch in her mouth who bullied my brother in front of me. I mean a female. And phisically atacked him. What a whore. If one day I for whatever reason figure who it was and happen to be back in my old city and see her, maybe I would enjoy giving her a little fist. Bitch.

Than in Herzegovina we would play "war" with our neighbour kids and basically each group takes a side in this game and we throw rocks at each other. Marko hit his sister in the head on accident with a rock. I inituitively took the blame "Did I hit her" he was like "yes you". Probably good guy instincts. Than the next times I walked pass their house their grandma let me have it verbaly lol.

Like the last time I was home, at my neighbours house, one of their brothers suddenly brings up how I threw his brother over his head. We were like 12. In front of his mom. Like sorry I was a idiot in that moment 26 years ago.

My dad was always very kind or call it quiet. Not a lot of effort. But he did make sure to slap me 3 times when I failed at school and wasn´t accepted into the good high school. I was not once mad at my mom hitting me a bit but I hated my dad when he did that. He said "because of you I don´t have my peace". I was so angry. So this is about your peace, like you never helped me study.

All in all this shit is nothing. We all had a great life. Me you and everyone like that. Other people wished they had it that easy. Other people were hungry. My dad didn´t have a dad, died when he was 4 months, rest in peace to my grandad.

So see, this is how you do therapy. You just tell sherdog parts of you history. Or your best friend irl and you all laugh at it and joke. Like how my best friend was supposed to get shot dead in war, they grouped people from his village up, in Kosovo, and told the youngest ones to leave. The others were killed. Including his uncle. And we still don´t cry. He sure cried a lot as a kid. I was a notorious crier XD. But only at home. Maybe teenager hormones or something. Mix of rage and cry. Only once in school. Actually twice. Over getting bad grades. Jesus that´s so feminine to cry over grades.

We are blessed and happy. You didn´t starve did you. Go pay your therapist for his highly sufisticated advice and expertise. Or talk to your friends.

This is pathetic talk. Nobody in Bosnia cries bout these kids stories. If someone dies of course. Also if you have depression or whatever problems. But "hey hey my mom once beat me" ok here´s your medal, the woman was stressed and perhaps learnt that that is how you treat childreen. By her parents. That´s just what people used to do.


Edit : Don´t get me wrong my parents are great people. Awesome parents. I just brought up whatever would be like similar to his therapy session topics. Whatever was a little more unfun about growing up for me. Throwing stones was fun lol she got hit in the head not me. Just thin´gs around this "trauma / parents / childhood" topic. My dad was one of the most quiet non violent dads I have ever seen. Would never consider a fight. Didn´t hit us. Let us be rude to him. Let us do stuff. No rules. Took us to the beach and anywhere when we were kids. Basically I became some idiot teenager. Than again I wasn´t a bad kid either. Noone complained about me.


My advice is go as much as possible to your therapist so she can have your money. Clearly you got symptomps like ? If you don´t she still shall find something to keep you engaged.
 
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