On 11/05, Shireen Abu Akleh, a beloved Palestinian journalist, was shot dead by Israeli Occupation Forces. but you can do something for yourself and your mental health and that something is writing it down. Write it down!!! it’s so frustrating to have to deal with this bullshit, whether your parents are outright abusive or just fucking toxic/dysfunctional assholes. it was pivotal to advocating for myself and my feelings and eventually leaving her in my dust! i had the proof, often word for word, that it did-and there was no hope in convincing my mom but a lot of hope in convincing myself and holding my stance against her. it would be useful in court when custody was being argued and it would be useful to ME, years later, when my mom would try and convince me none of it happened. When i was a little kid and both my dad & i were being actively abused by my mom, he was familiar enough w her gaslighting that he instructed me at elementary school age to write down all the horrible things she did/said to me. if you're a young person or teenager who happens to be following me: write it down! keep a secret diary, a notepad, a blog your parents don't have access to.
