Yay, No Startle Effect

Over the last few years my abusive mother has been improving. She has been putting effort into loving me and caring about me. She also hasn t been mean or dismissing in quite awhile (although I try not to give her fodder for that anymore). I have not jumped on the band wagon. I ve kept my emotional distance while saying "it s nice that she s trying". The thing is, all through life, not everything was terrible. She did some good things. Early in my life there were quite a few good things and... Accepting The Bad And The Good
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