I felt the same way in relation to my father.

As someone on her eternal journey of recovering from having an abusive mother, there was a time when simply reading about good mothering led me to believe that there was something inherently wrong with me that I could not have received that love.
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Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)
Dennett
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May 1, 2022
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I felt the same way in relation to my father. For so many years, I blamed myself and did more and more to please him, to earn his love. It didn't work.
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I was always a writer but lived in a bookkeeper’s body before I found Medium and broke free — well, almost. Working to work less and write more.
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