I love to bake and I make stuff for the office regularly. Everyone keeps telling me to open a bakery. I say "No way! Then it would be a job and would ruin my enjoyment."
What kind of horrible, stupid, person must I be to not "choose" to be happy? That is what I thought and felt while suffering from clinical major depression and people would tell me this. I tried to choose happiness...who wouldn't? It only made me hate myself more.
#19...I think the person creating the drama is you. I've had issues in my life, but you can chose who you hang around with and how you react to people. If your life is constant drama and chaos, then you are choosing that.
@pikakats It was a control issue for her. These are the least of the things that she did to her children. She was allowed "luxuries" when her children weren't allowed things like mattresses, breakfast and lunch, school supplies, privacy, medical care, etc. We were not poor.
My mother would not let us actually use the shower mat after showering unless we were completely dried off before stepping out of the shower onto it. She didn't want it to get wet. She was also the only person in the house allowed to use paper towels for anything. We had to use plates…Â
My mother would throw elaborate parties for my birthdays when I was little and I hated it. There's a photo of me at my 4th birthday party in a huge dress, sitting on the back steps eating my cake alone because the kids inside were just TOO MUCH for me. She stopped by the time I was…Â
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