I Thought It Was Love… Until I Realized I Was Just Surviving My Mother.
For a long time, I didn’t have the words for it. I just knew something felt off. From the outside, everything looked normal there was a home, there were rules, there were expectations. But inside, I always felt like I was walking on eggshells, like I had to be just right to be okay. I learned early on that love wasn’t something I could just receive it was something I had to earn. When I did everything right, when I stayed quiet, got good grades, and didn’t cause problems, things felt calm. But the moment I stepped outside of that, everything shifted. Suddenly, I was too much. Too emotional. Too sensitive. And I remember constantly wondering… what did I do wrong this time?