My ex wife. So mad about me not wanting to be with her and took my kids for years without letting me see them. The damage to our children was devastating. They live with me now and are loving it. My daughter is growing into a wonderful young lady and my son is becoming a great, strong young man. I’m hurt for what they went through but grateful they appreciate the life they have now.
Therapy is a relatively new thing by mental health standards. There’s still a lot of negative views associated with it and that needs to end. Instead of ‘Oh, you’re in therapy? Yikes! What’s wrong (with you -subtext)?’ It should be ‘Oh, you’re in therapy? Me too. Life is rough sometimes. If ya ever need to talk, I will actually listen. ‘
This is important. My dad was a piece of shit who left a single mother to raise three kids. I,being the oldest, took the brunt of its toll that it had on my mother. She is wonderful and I would never have gotten where I was without her, but ya..therapy needs to be more normalized. It would have helped a ton I believe.
Edit: Wow, thanks everyone. I love the discussion this brings up. There are so many different layers and experiences everyone has and every single point is valid to be heard. I agree that its definitely more normalized now, then when it was back then and I know I could have had it much more worse. We all have different needs. There are infrastructure issues that need to be addressed and also a person's willingness to recognize there is a problem. Just so many topics to dig into and learn.
DrJayWill on February 4th, 2021 at 14:13 UTC »
My ex wife. So mad about me not wanting to be with her and took my kids for years without letting me see them. The damage to our children was devastating. They live with me now and are loving it. My daughter is growing into a wonderful young lady and my son is becoming a great, strong young man. I’m hurt for what they went through but grateful they appreciate the life they have now.
DesiresQuiet on February 4th, 2021 at 14:21 UTC »
Therapy is a relatively new thing by mental health standards. There’s still a lot of negative views associated with it and that needs to end. Instead of ‘Oh, you’re in therapy? Yikes! What’s wrong (with you -subtext)?’ It should be ‘Oh, you’re in therapy? Me too. Life is rough sometimes. If ya ever need to talk, I will actually listen. ‘
bagel_cheese on February 4th, 2021 at 14:33 UTC »
This is important. My dad was a piece of shit who left a single mother to raise three kids. I,being the oldest, took the brunt of its toll that it had on my mother. She is wonderful and I would never have gotten where I was without her, but ya..therapy needs to be more normalized. It would have helped a ton I believe.
Edit: Wow, thanks everyone. I love the discussion this brings up. There are so many different layers and experiences everyone has and every single point is valid to be heard. I agree that its definitely more normalized now, then when it was back then and I know I could have had it much more worse. We all have different needs. There are infrastructure issues that need to be addressed and also a person's willingness to recognize there is a problem. Just so many topics to dig into and learn.