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Bill G. Wolcott | Author@billgwolcott

Which does more damage over ten years: the shouting, or the silence afterwards?

57237Sep 10Open on X

9 answers

  1. Remember the fifth of November.@rememberthefift· Sep 10

    The shouting. Silence was good. Actually I think it was the crying.

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  2. Chessie Renata Hudson@ChessieRenata· Sep 10

    That's a great question, and one which for me, is incredibly nuanced. It depends which ten years we're looking at, and what type of damage is being done. If I take the ten years where I was between ages 8-18, it was the shouting, which did significant psychological damage to

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  3. Macsen Rhodes@MacsenRhodes· Sep 10

    Silence for 400 Alex.

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  4. Rat King@rtk_ng· Sep 10

    The shouting, especially when young creates the damage that creates the silence

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  5. Remember the fifth of November.@rememberthefift· Sep 10

    You are right it is different for everyone. We each have the way we see the world and think. Also throw in some learning disabilities aka learning differences. My memory is shot to heck because of a tetherball incident. That and short and long term memory issues. Its a blessing

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  6. Chessie Renata Hudson@ChessieRenata· Sep 11

    That resonates with me, as most of my father's yelling was on a schedule. It would be whenever my mother had to stay overnight somewhere for work. I would find out that she was doing that about a week in advance, and the countdown to the inevitable was awful.

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  7. Chessie Renata Hudson@ChessieRenata· Sep 11

    On your last point, I think I fall somewhere in the middle. I isolated myself for years, because the solitude helped with healing, especially as I was in the depths of autistic burnout. Its only very recently that I've have retuned to X and started healing in community with

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  8. Chessie Renata Hudson@ChessieRenata· Sep 11

    It was awful. It wasn't just yelling, it was smacking too, and I used to think I'd been lucky if it was just yelling. Lucky! As the yelling and smacking was always over my room being messy, I'd make a special effort to tidy up beforehand, hoping each time that maybe I'd done

  9. Remember the fifth of November.@rememberthefift· Sep 11

    I hear you my dear. We each have our own path we must take. Healing is life long. May you be happy. Blessed be. 🤠😘🦋

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