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“Worry about us too much. I travel a lot, and every single time, my mom asks me to send the flight details because ‘she worries.’ When I’d drive my brother and sister somewhere, she’d say, ‘Be careful, you have my whole life in that car!’ Constant comments any time I do anything that could remotely be conceived as dangerous (but things people do on a daily basis), comments about how she would cope if anything happened to any of us, and constant worrying about every family member (often completely unnecessary) is exhausting.
“It’s got to the point where I feel guilty every time I get in a car or on a plane because what would my mom do if something happened to me? It’s a really horrible way to live. I lived abroad for a few years, and honestly, it was the happiest time of my life because I was away from the fear and the guilt. It was crazy how quickly I internalized it again when I came back. We’ve all told my mom she needs therapy, but she just can’t see it. She pours all her worries on us, and it comes from a place of love, but she can’t see how damaging it is.”
—u/Bridgewater750
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/mayaogolini/parenting-tactics-that-actually-hurt