Heres what it did to you — 1. Love was conditional (now you feel you have to work for it) 2. Your feelings are invisible (now you feel you’re too sensitive and you’re overreacting) 3. She turned you against your siblings (now the whole family is affected) 4. You became her mother (now you can’t help but make yourself responsible for others) 5. She thinks you owe her for raising you (now you feel guilty for existing) 6. She demanded respect (now you’re not sure how to earn it yourself) 7. She has

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