A Personal Perspective: Enmeshed parent-child boundaries can be mistaken as love. Realizing one’s parent is abusive or negligent can create anxiety and turmoil.
The provocative title not only allows Jennette the experience of being finally witnessed in her pain but also is a source of hope and inspiration for other child abuse survivors and a declaration that healing is possible.injuries, I have recommended this book to many of my clients and witnessed them feeling encouraged and inspired by the author’s healing journey.
One of the reasons why memoirs such as this one are so powerful and important is that they bring awareness to matters that so many endure in private. Prevention becomes possible by shedding light on, parental abuse, and familial trauma. When these issues are left in the dark, it creates a toxic fertile ground where trauma is cultivated and passed on from generation to generation.
In her book, Jennette talks about not only being responsible for her mother's emotional well-being but also carrying the burden of her family’s financial stability. She describes that as a child, she hated acting but always felt like she would let her family down if she stopped. There is an anecdote in the book where Jennette tells her mother that she wants to quit acting, and her mother bursts into tears.
This is a very common response to painful realizations during the therapeutic process. Since children depend on their parents for survival, when parents are abusive or neglectful, they have to develop narratives that normalize these behaviors. It's common for survivors to adopt beliefs such as:"I was a difficult child" or"My mother worked two jobs to support us. Of course, she had a short fuse.
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