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A THREAD: Can we stop normalizing and minimizing abuse from parents and family? Trauma is trauma. Regardless of whether or not it is “culturally” appropriate or not, I think that beating our kids isn’t right. And I mean beat, not spank.
Because there’s a difference between a spanking and a punch. The feeling of being punched in the face/slapped. I’m not sure it’s normal when someone raises their hand/arm near you, and your automatic response is to flinch, flee or freeze.
I’m not sure it’s normal, to feel like when in a relationship, it’s okay for your partner to hit you because it’s a form of discipline and clearly you’re wrong so you deserved it because all you’ve known growing up is that if you do something wrong
The consequence is that you get the belt, slap, clothes hangar, *insert physical, emotional or mental warfare*
And because we’re so young and don’t have the words or capacity to process trauma, over the years, it manifests into unhealthy habits, depression, anxiety, addiction, toxic relationships and being from countries that have close to none resources
For mental health and sometimes not even a conversation within households or the community, we are left vulnerable and susceptible to high risk behaviors in conjunction with mental health illnesses and behavioral disorders
But maybe I’m just rambling and I know nothing of this 
