To anyone who had loving parents
Can you describe what it was like growing up or even now, having someone love you and accept you? I'm trying to reparent myself but it seems unfathomable to me that I could feel warmth from a parent or myself.
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kodiac · 22-25, M
Totally understand how you feel. When my parents died i was too young to remember them .In foster care the first rule is don't get attached. I had at least 10 different foster families most abusive in some ways. I have no clue what having real loving parents is like . Hoping one of them would adopt me meant being let down again and again, left me feeling like it was me and not them.
Coralmist · 41-45, F
@kodiac I can assure you it was not you🌸 You truly deserve compassion, safety and acceptance, like EVERY kid or human does. You are not exempt. I guess we have to really understand that self compassion or love comes from kind words and acts done to us..but because we didn't have that, we need to do it for ourselves. I get stuck because I keep thinking it's too good for me. But that's the abuse talking. I am determined to find a way to accept ME.