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“As children, we tolerate working conditions that we'd find intolerable as adults: the constant exposure of our attainment to a hostile audience; the motivation by threat instead of encouragement (and big threats, too: if you don't do this, you'll ruin your whole future life . . .); the social world in which you're mocked and teased, your most embarrassing desires exposed, your new-formed body held up for the kind of scrutiny that would destroy an adult. Often, during childhood, this comes with physical threats, too—being pushed and shoved on the playground, punched and kicked. The eternal menace that something more savage is waiting around the corner on your way home. Imagine how that would feel to you as an adult: that perpetual threat to your bodily integrity and your mental wellbeing. We would never stand for it, but we did as children because it was expected of us and we didn't know any better.”

ChildhoodConfidenceTraumaSelf WorthBullyingSelf Advocacy
Book:Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
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“She doesn't care about social hierarchies, or social etiquette. If she disagrees with you, your friends or your family, you're likely to hear about it.”

ConflictAutismDisagreementNeurodivergenceSelf AdvocacySocial EtiquetteSocial Hierarchies
Book:Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After
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“I hope you won't take this the wrong way . . ." is another bell ringer for me. I sense the mealymouthed attacker approaching so if I cannot flee, I explain in no uncertain voice if there is even the slightest chance that I might take a statement the wrong way, be assured that I will do so. I advise the speaker that it would be better to remain silent than to try to collect the speaker's bruised feelings, which I intend to leave in pieces scattered on the floor. I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves to be ready and able to come to our own self-defense.”

FeelingsSelf DefenseAdvocacyArgumentsDiscussionsSelf Advocacy
Book:Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
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“You owe it to yourself to stand up and advocate for yourself. To not agree to what is harmful to you. To protect yourself from further bullying, manipulation, gaslighting, and abuse.”

ManipulationSexual AbuseNarcissistic AbuseDysfunctional FamilyGaslightingPsychological AbuseTrue Crime StoryToxic SiblingsSelf Advocacy
Book:Toxic Siblings: A Survival Guide to Rise Above Sibling Abuse & Heal Trauma
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