What’s something traumatizing that your Mom said to you as a child that you still remember?

I used to hate to go to bed and would stand next to the bed but refused to get in it, so my mom would tell me that there were monsters under my bed that would grab my ankles and drag me under the bed and kill me. To this day, when I stand next to my bed, for a second or two I wonder if there’s a monster underneath.

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Heartlander

Well, for me, the victories outnumbered the traumas.

One victory goes back to my 3 or 4 yer old days when my older brother and I slept in the same bed. It was the same thing every night. He would kick me, I would react, and our mom would rush in and give me a smack and a lecture about waking up the whole house.

One night I convinced him to change sides. And again, late in the night, he kicked me, I reacted and our mom rushed in and smacked HIM.

I stayed awake another hour just laughing.