7 Deadly Words By My Mother

How I lived in terror during my childhood Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash“You just wait! Let your father come!” Everytime I would cause trouble, my mother would yell those 7 words. Each sound of those toxic words would pierce through my being and scare the living day lights out of me. It’s enough to destroy a child, without hitting them. I was always a deeply sensitive and an introverted fellow. My parents who were not emotionally mature, did not know how to handle me, or my sisters for that matter. Growing up in a dysfunctional household can be traumatising, but it also gives you enough exposure to become an artist — if not the latter, then you would probably end up neurotic. My father who was always busy with his work, friends and chores, would come back home, tired as a horse, and would ignore my mother and sleep. Sometimes, he would scream and ask us to listen to our mother. There were days, when my sisters and I, had to listen to his occasional rant. He would emotionally manipulate us by saying, “I won’t live too long, you three will have to take care of your mother.” As soon as he would start crying, we would hug him, and behave for a few hours. The next day, things would pretty much return to normal. Now, at 32, I am still living with ym parents, who have pretty much given up on me. They truly believe that I am a writer with no ambition, and there is no future in that profession. --- 7 Deadly Words By My Mother was originally published in ILLUMINATION on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
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