How I’m feeling right now…

@RyanNerdyGamer Hang in there buddy!

This isn’t even a joke - the first red flag happened in 1994, when my abuser broke their word less than five minutes after agreeing to fulfill a promise they’d made months prior, then immediately lied to my face by fabricating an excuse to justify changing their mind.

In the span of a few minutes, they’d lied to me, broken a promise to me, and manipulated me. I was six years old, and had a photographic memory. I should’ve known it wasn’t a normal thing for a parent to do. How could I have been so frickin’ naive, even years later?

@RyanNerdyGamer Oh no! I hope things get better for you soon, my friend! 

@KeAfan7 I hope so too… honestly it shows in how so much of the content I create has undertones of escapism, familial complexity, and self-discovery.

Even Crystals was partly fueled by a suppressed urge to GTFO and find a better way of life despite not knowing who TF I am (ironic considering the base concept and main characters literally came to me in a dream)…