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That ended with me finally explaining to him how the way he and my mother treated me as a child, with undiagnosed (and really not even conceptually understood at the time) ADHD caused me lasting trauma that persists to this day. I’m a 45 year old man, and I cried.

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[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 11 points 1 month ago
[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

At the end he looked abashed.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 1 month ago

Sometimes we have no words, I guess

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago
[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 1 month ago

🫂 I'm sorry, friend.

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