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Not fun: lunch with my parents.
Amazingly, today Mom expressed a radical change of outlook. It was given indirectly, in relation to her neighbour's grandson whose teaching career has ended as a result of mental illness. She acknowledged that pressuring depressed people to get their acts together is the worst thing you can do. She didn't say it, but implicitly, she realizes my own progress must be motivated from within. When I remember how she nagged me through high school, and how they both berated me when I was at the lowest of lows a few years ago, I have to admit they have come a long way. Dad started to come around a couple years ago. I can't remember Mom saying anything quite this sensitive before.
Sitting there with them, eating Eggs Benedict, I still felt sad and anxious. It's hard to let go of wanting their approval.
stealthpup.Not fun: lunch with my parents.
Amazingly, today Mom expressed a radical change of outlook. It was given indirectly, in relation to her neighbour's grandson whose teaching career has ended as a result of mental illness. She acknowledged that pressuring depressed people to get their acts together is the worst thing you can do. She didn't say it, but implicitly, she realizes my own progress must be motivated from within. When I remember how she nagged me through high school, and how they both berated me when I was at the lowest of lows a few years ago, I have to admit they have come a long way. Dad started to come around a couple years ago. I can't remember Mom saying anything quite this sensitive before.
Sitting there with them, eating Eggs Benedict, I still felt sad and anxious. It's hard to let go of wanting their approval.
