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@kittymeow1919 Yeah I hate this culture. I have cuddled and fed my baby to sleep since day dot and he sleeps through most nights. They learn it themselves, you don't have to teach them.

@icananswer If you don't want to talk to another human about it, I really recommend the book Mind Over Mood. It's a CBT course on paper basically. You sound like a really nice human :-)

@icananswer Yeah I was the same before I took the plunge. I did CBT which helped me figure out how to challenge negative thoughts and then some counselling to help me work out why I think negatively in the first place. The combo was great. I'm also very lucky in that I'm in the UK so it was...

@icananswer I've spent a lot of time in therapy discovering this. Edit to add: I don't have abusive parents but they didn't really allow me a safe space to feel my emotions and have them validated which is why I am such a fan of attachment parenting.

@bunbunowen66 Totally. And yeah, if 'beat their children' doesn't stop you in your tracks I'm not sure what would.

@bunbunowen66 Specifically in regard to that situation - it goes without saying that at best your mother's word choice was totally inappropriate. It may also be worth looking into the beating comment because, well, yikes. In general though, I have run into this issue a few times with the boomer...