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That as a child seeing a parent struggle deeply has a very strong impact on their wellbeing? This is obviously true, but it is unclear had they not undergone t
by KolmogorovComp 2y ago
That as a child seeing a parent struggle deeply has a very strong impact on their wellbeing?
This is obviously true, but it is unclear had they not undergone transition the children would have come better.
For the children it has probably not been worse than a bad divorce that unfortunately happens way more often. And to pursue the analogy, it is often hard to tell what is best for them, keep an unhappy marriage until they leave the house, or cut it short as soon as possible to leave more time to re-create stability afterwards.
- bowsamic 2y agoOne of the main things I’ve learnt undergoing psychoanalysis is how much pain and repression is caused by not allowing ourselves to admit that our parents are not perfect. For example I still to this day try to construct ideal people and am shocked when they show that they are still fallible humans, because I never fully accepted that my dad isn’t perfect, even if I know it intellectually Going forth into the world and realising it is not going to look after us is a vital realisation that all humans must go through