What lessons were you taught growing up that ruined your life?

[Fadeawaaaay]

Same

 

[SuicidallyCurious]

"God exists "

 

[Nolan96]

I'm starting to realize that I had a weird relationship with my family that may not have been healthy in all ways.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't consciously intentional, but they basically made me feel like the entire world hated me except them, and they were the only ones who'd ever put up with me.

And to be honest, I'm still 50/50 on whether they were simply correct, or whether this was a mistake on their part and something I need to unlearn.

 

[AnestheticVoid]

Sex.

Got involved with sexuality around 8 years old. Once you realize everything is based on sex idk it fucks you up.

 

[Belljar]

"School doesn't matter" I did end up going but kept self sabotaging because I believed this at my core. And my mom wonders why her kids are failures.

 

[Al Cappella]

Fear. I was taught to be afraid of everyone, you really don't recover from that…

 

[waitingforrest]

"Just fake it till you make it."

Smile away the pain.

:) :) :) :) :) :)

God, I wish I could go back in time and slap every person that said that with a fish.

 

[cleveland2011]

"Listen to your doctor"

Fucking joke.

 

[CiproKilledMe]

Delayed gratification. Your future isn't guaranteed--just live it up while you can.

 

[Kristicide]

To never show or speak of love, even, or esp., towards immediate family (parents/siblings/grandparents etc). Hide emotions at all costs. Don't even share secrets or stories about our family and history so we're kept in the dark of our past. This is how my family operates on both sides.

 

[dreambound]

it did not ruin my life but i consider school to be the damaging part of the early years, my education started after leaving school....it was good to be rid of the herd mentality and the insane competitiveness.