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Oof. Trauma.

I thought I was a really "bad-tempered" child, because good children are cheerful & don't make what they are feeling anyone else's problem.

I'm sure that's fine. Nothing to unpack there.
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Artemis · 2w
It's completely reasonable to teach a child to feel terrible about expressions of discomfort & unhappiness. Right? I'm sure that wouldn't be especially traumatic to a highly sensitive child who experienced pretty much everything (both sensory & emotional) in a very heightened manner. That wouldn't...