quote:I tried anything and everything to avoid having to ask my parents for something. It seemed like such a burden to them to give it to me or at least inconvenient. So I always felt guilty for needing things and for making my parents miserable when I had to get it from them. This is the root of my fear of bugging my T too much and why it is so hard for me to ask for anything from anyone. Especially attention, that was the hardest thing to get from either of my parents, so I grew up believing it was wrong to want it.
River, I feel like I get this, though a little different - I was just like, b'd*mned if I'm gonna ask for something and thus show weakness and thus let them/him get power over me.
...which I just realized is A Bit Off.