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I got yelled at by my grandparents earlier today because they think I’m selfish and only think of myself.

Warning: long rant.

Look I’ve had it hard okay. My parents are both gone and everyone in my family are on my ass for my behavior and my rudeness. I was complaining about my ex friends being selfish and rude for cutting ties with me. They know what happened and they were explaining to me bluntly that they don’t blame them for walking away from me because of my ugly attitude and whiny behavior. My grandma said, “Well you yell at people for being rude and ignorant when YOU ARE the one that asked for the truth and you get angry and scream at them every time. You do the same thing to some of us and you know we will not put up with your nonsense. Quite frankly, I don’t blame them for ending the friendship with you. You’re just impossible to be around with sometimes. You always talk about the woman that abandoned you and didn’t give a rat’s ass about you.”

They have to understand that I’m autistic and I’m mentally ill. My grandpa was fed up, got in my face and said, “And you need to stop with these damn excuses! Quit using autism as an excuse! That doesn’t give you a free pass of acting like a jerk! Your parents death isn’t an excuse for that. Your dad would’ve put you in your place after you saw you act this way! Don’t you understand that the way you’re behaving it’s unacceptable and hurting everyone you love? You had amazing and honest friends but you took that for granted and push them away!” I tried to speak but he kept interrupting me rudely.
He told me the problem was I didn’t get it and I’m so slow at understanding this problem.
My grandparents really know how to make me feel bad and now I can’t even sleep. They refuse to speak to me now.
MissKimmie · 36-40, F
I think the thing that you need to understand is that, while past trauma can explain poor behavior, it does not justify it. You have been dealt a rough blow in life, and I'm sorry for that. But that does not give you an excuse to hurt others. Your friends and family do not deserve to be exposed to toxic and hurtful behaviors, and you are not allowed to behave in such a way and try to use your past to excuse it.

If your past is truly impacting you, your behavior, and your relationships so much, you need to seek therapy or other kinds of help. Because when so many people who are close to you- including close friends and family- are telling you that your behavior is not okay, is toxic, and is hurting others, you are still responsible for the way that you act and the harm you cause. So if the only way for you to avoid hurting others in that way is to cut ties until you are willing to recognize that your behavior is hurtful, unacceptable, and needs treatment, then that is what you need to do. But no matter what your past trauma is, you have been informed of the trauma you are now inflicting on to others. You are fully responsible for acknowledging, accepting, and correcting that.

You need to take responsibility for your actions and do what you can to stop hurting others. Trauma is not an excuse to inflict trauma on to others. If you cannot work through it yourself, and it is impacting you this much, then you need to see a specialist who can help you work through it. Because allowing it to alter your life and interactions this much, or to harm others because you are leaving it untreated, is unacceptable.

 
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