8.6K reactions · 376 comments | Some truths feel too heavy to say out loud. Like: I love my mother, but I don’t like who she is to me. Not because I want to hate her. But because I spent years aching for the softness that never came. You try to be the good child. You silence your needs. You excuse the emotional cuts as “just how she is.” But inside, you’re crumbling. There’s a quiet grief in realizing the woman who gave you life…never really knew how to love you gently. And when you finally choose distance, when you finally choose peace—they say you’re cold. Ungrateful. Dramatic. But what they don’t see is the years you spent begging for crumbs. What they don’t feel is the wound of being unloved in the way you needed most. I wrote about this in I Didn’t Choose to Be Born. For people like us —The ones who had to raise themselves.Who still flinch at the sound of their mother’s voice.Who never got the apology, but are learning to heal anyway. 📖 Available now in hardcover & ebook 📍Link in bio If this speaks to you… You’re not alone. And you’re not a bad son, daughter, or child for choosing peace over pain. . . . . . #ididntchoosetobeborn #motherwound #emotionalneglect #toxicfamily #healinginnerchild #emotionallyimmatureparents #cyclebreaker #choosingyourself #gentleparentingstartswithyou | Inner Child Healing | Facebook
