Thorwegian (old account) on Nostr: side effect of being persistently bullied as a child: it tells you, instinctually, ...

side effect of being persistently bullied as a child: it tells you, instinctually, that your parents are not keeping you safe. you're a frightened child being forced by your parents to go to school, where regular beatings and abuse will take place. they're legally obliged to do that, but your instinctual sense of safety doesn't understand that. you simply know that you can't trust your parents to keep you safe.