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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The problem is it's often difficult to admit you had abusive parents, and abusive parents love to describe themselves as just strict. So yeah it's kinda a euphemism

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

Also, when you are raised with abuse then it is hard to recognize abuse.

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oof, that's a sobering realization.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Yeah. And a lot of parental abuse happens in gray areas and with good intentions. Sure you have obvious cases, and they're common enough I'd suspect most people know someone or another who was a victim to one. But there's a hell of a lot of parents projecting their fears, traumas, or other issues relating to their kids onto them hard enough to fuck them up.