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hamsterjill

(15,214 posts)
19. You're not a wimp!
Mon Mar 8, 2021, 12:08 PM
Mar 2021

I consider childhood to be anything before adulthood.

Yes, I think we all want to believe that we “get over it”. But it comes back. For me, the pandemic and all that has gone in tandem with the pandemic, has been a trigger.

Lost my mother at age 2. Laelth Mar 2021 #1
This is the first time I've talked about it here, too. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #3
It is what it is. I know nothing different. Laelth Mar 2021 #6
Thank you. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #8
Kind of you to offer. Laelth Mar 2021 #10
I went the other direction. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #15
My two stepchildren lost their mother. A child psychologist told my husband their grades wouldn't Karadeniz Mar 2021 #2
Did the psychologist say why specifically math hamsterjill Mar 2021 #5
Math requires abstract thinking. Karadeniz Mar 2021 #28
Yes. It was the single most impactful event in my life Sanity Claws Mar 2021 #4
Yes. This. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #7
Children lack rational filters SheltieLover Mar 2021 #29
Not exactly childhood, but my father died of cancer when I was in high school. I can't say... TreasonousBastard Mar 2021 #9
I don't think it's laying blame. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #16
"Blame" might not be the best word. As with you, it's more a question of understanding. But... TreasonousBastard Mar 2021 #26
Understood. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #27
Both parents by age 12. Historic NY Mar 2021 #11
That sounds awful. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #17
What was lost, or what could have been... Historic NY Mar 2021 #22
The fact you had a twin and he had you likely gave you both a combined strength you wouldn't have No Vested Interest Mar 2021 #30
My mother died of cancer when I was 7. elleng Mar 2021 #12
My father lived to be 95 and remarried 5 years after my mother's death hamsterjill Mar 2021 #13
Sorry to hear that, my adopted-mother was terrific, elleng Mar 2021 #18
Good. I'm glad you had a stabilizing force. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #20
If we don't count teens Laurelin Mar 2021 #14
You're not a wimp! hamsterjill Mar 2021 #19
I was not as young as my sister who was 8, I was 17 but I have had lots of abandonment issues redstatebluegirl Mar 2021 #21
It pops up more for me during stressful times. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #23
My Dad died suddenly when I was 11 IbogaProject Mar 2021 #24
Sounds like your mom was great. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #25
"The Inner World of Trauma" is an exceptiomal book SheltieLover Mar 2021 #31
Thanks. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #32
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