I totally understand this girl, I had very similar situation when I was growing up so I end up with very similar problem after I grow up. I had to talk to psychiatrist and had to work long and hard to overcome this but till this day i see that heavy shadow in my daily life. one thing we can do is to remind ourselves that we are grownups now, we no longer need the approval of our parents, and we do not own them nothing, we are responsible for our own life and we need to first and foremost take care ourselves before any one else, and that includes our parents. put them at a place far and unreachable, do not let them get close to us, they will stir up your peaceful life and put you right back to your childhood again, trust me they do and the bad experience is lived all over again. give them support, emotional and monetary but do not let them get close to us, in a way they are poisonous, it is too old for them to change, but you don't want to live in a toxic enviroment.
websilkroad 发表评论于
I had a similar childhood and suffered a lot. Went to Tsinghua and made it worse. I had two depressions later and sometimes thought I was the worst person in the world. Thank God I left that kind of environment where I always felt inadequate.
Recommend a book: Wherever you go, there you are.
Even though we are brainwashed by our ignorant parents, trust me, we can fix it, very slowly but surely, with the help of mindfulness. Have another set of eyes, examine and acknowledge those negative thoughts. It take tremendous efforts, but it's worth it. Without fixing our thought process, this life will always be miserable.
Also recommend your friend to stand up to her parents. Hold your head high. You don't owe them and you are supporting yourself. If they continue to be so, just don't invite them over. They may not change, you have to, if you ever want to have a good life.
Sincerely wish your friend all the best.
suggest you guys to take a seminar : Basic Life Principles...(search in google) it has been around for 40 ys, it is all over the world and including in chinese. it starts by a church leader who was trying to help those co-workers in churh, because he found that 2 good people cannot work together...then he found more people needs help in family and ...kid... the seminar is not free, but once you paid once, you can repeat as much you like, (I found it is neccessary.) . family and kid is the happyness of our whole life, it is worth to spend some time and money to learn, while we had spend lot of our time to learn those stuff simply for make living... it was introduced to my by a church friend, they lead me to a night seminar (one night free introduction), then after 3 years, I eventurelly did the elementary one... I found that it is such a good piece...now I am here to recomend you...
zhmz888 发表评论于
no one is perfect! without love and forgivenes, nothing can help!
refer to relationship between kid and parent: remember the kid is not belong to you, you are just entrusted to look after them for a little while... so..you know what you should do...
kid should learn and thank lord that they have a strict father or mother who steer them away from troubles and mistakes, parent should learn how to steer, the give advice and instructions without creating reverse effect.. you got to learn... the best text book is bible... may god bess you all!
Akira99 发表评论于
I really understand this woman, cause I am similar with her. No matter work or private life...
hemorrhoid 发表评论于
我猜是瞎编的。至少是过分夸张的。
seattle_housing 发表评论于
Most of Chinese parents(including some of us in US) are not good at encourage kids, often force our kids to follow our instructions/values/rules without explaining any reasons.
Our poor kids have no power to fight back: we are smarter than them and we are stronger than them physically... We just felt so great subconsiously that I defeated my kids when they are not following our rules... THIS IS TOTALLY WRONG!!!!
Our purpose is to nurture our kids to be a happy, useful person , not defeat them, not destroy their confidence, not out-smarter them...
So we need to do some reflection on how we should nurture our kids: treat our kids like a grown up, a friend: listening, explaining, encouraging...
There is a book: how to listen so kids will talk and how to talk so kids will listen, which could help us to get the better/effective way to treat our kids.
回复hoard-stocks的评论:
I eventually beat my father when I was in high school and ran away from home for one week. ... then I ran away from home and entered Tsinghua Univ. where there had so many talent students there who made me feel worse though later I obtained PhD. I felt what I have done is nothing ... man .. only when I can beat Tyson and has billion dollars saving can I have confidence.
hoard-stocks 发表评论于
She always focus on her shortcomings that cover all her eyes. She doesn't want to take advantage of others. She may think her ability is even worse than a begger, because she feel shame and uneasy to beg for food ... don't know how to change that, because I am exactly the same for 25 years. It is genetic "problem"
绝对应该引以为戒!I think this friend really needs to see a counselor/psychologiest to help her heal the wound, and limit her contact with her father to the minimum because it is not healthy for her. She may not be 孝顺 in the eyes of many Chinese parents, but her well being is the most important thing to her and to her own family. I feel for her (and her sister) and hope she gathers enough strength to stand up to her father, for herself and for her child(ren). I hope her husband is supportive. She deserves so much more!