as a kid. What kind of lies were you told as a child?
– “swallowing watermelon seeds will make a watermelon grow inside of you”
– “you can be anything you want to be”
– “only good things happen to good people”; “the good will be rewarded and the bad will be punished”
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“Jesus loves you, son. Accept him as your saviour, and he will heal you and make you whole. ” Ok. Sure.
Tried that as a kid, still got depressed. Amen!
George Carlin on religion. If all you do is watch the first 1:30, it will be worth it. CLASSIC! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r-e2NDSTuE
Haha, yes to Carlin.
Thanks, SQ. I’ve seen a good bit of him but I had to watch again. Classic, indeed! I forgot how much I like standup
Glad to share a laugh.
“If you don’t stop that nervous blinking I’ll have to take you to hospital where they’ll cut the back of your head open to find out why you’re doing it.” That, as you can imagine, made the blinking even worse.
PLEASE tell us you made this up to be funny. PLEASE!
It’s completely genuine I’m afraid. She’d also sit opposite me and say if I blinked one more time she’d come over and beat me. I also had a fist pushed into my face, pushing my head back against the chair. It only happened a few times but it was terrifying and stressful to be on the receiving end of.
My parents had a very unhappy marriage with a constant atmosphere of anger and tension. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle and often became a vessel for their unexpressed anger. I ended up thinking that I was always in the wrong which probably explains my feelings of inferiority and my timidity when I was younger.
This makes me feel so powerless. I hear you saying this, but I hear a child’s voice in my head as I read it, trembling in the telling. With all of my being I wish that I/you/we/someone/god/a-wish-upon-a-star could reach into you/anyone who was given this kind of hurt and just give them instant release from the pain and the trauma: total healing.
If I had that power, I’d take that pain from you right now.
You’re very perceptive- I feel that part of me has remained a child. When I was a teenager in secondary school I remember the despiriting realisation that my friends seemed to be growing-up and maturing into adults, whereas I remained stunted and comparatively immature in comparison. It was so despiriting to perceive that happening.
Epilogue, yeah, me too. Stunted. Had I figured it out sooner, maybe life would be different? Or, maybe not.
Although there was some healing in forgiving those who had abused me, the real healing came from forgiving myself. Because no matter how much I forgave (them), somehow I still felt to blame, whether justifiable or not. I forgave myself for being me. Talked to the little girl I once was. Then I realized I wasn’t so bad after all.
So whether you’re able to give that little child a hug or not, I am. It was not your fault. Not in the least. Any normal parent would have loved to call you their own and love you. Peace!
“There’s somebody for everyone.”
That quote is the biggest crock of shit I ever heard, and worst I keep hearing this from retards.
“Everything happens for a reason”
“This will hurt me more than it will hurt you”
“Trust me!”
“Keep it up and you will go blind!” 🙂
“Don’t scratch that mole. You’ll get cancer!”
“The police take bad boys away.”
“If you hate me, your children will hate you.”
We’re all equal in God’s eyes.
“Life’s short”
Ha ha!! 😀