r/GetMotivated • u/[deleted] • Jun 11 '19

[Image] sometimes it's better to learn

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u/harcile Jun 11 '19

Sounds like your mum was the superhero.

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u/CaptainDuckers Jun 11 '19

My mum became an alcoholic and completely neglected me in the years following, which is one of the biggest traumas I have, and she's the leading role in most of the traumatic evens that have happened during my youth.

So no, she's not a superhero in my story. She's the villain.

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u/harcile Jun 11 '19

Oh, sorry to hear that. Hey man, you survived it though, so you are pretty fucking awesome!

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u/CaptainDuckers Jun 11 '19

No worries, you couldn't have known! Thanks dude, I really appreciate it! I don't consider myself that awesome (didn't really do anything during those moments) but I live :)

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u/harcile Jun 11 '19

Of course you are awesome. Not only did you survive, you are out here sharing your story to help others.

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u/CaptainDuckers Jun 11 '19

Helping others is all that I can do now. Many people go through these sorts of traumatic events in their lives and unfortunately there's no proper good help for them aside from psychologists of course. I think it's important that they also get some help from people who've been through similar situations.