I'm the same way, actually. It's amazing and frankly scary what words can do to a person. My sister and I weren't abused either, but we got yelled at enough, mostly about cleaning our room. To this day, when my mother gets angry and yells, even if it's not at me, I have an overwhelming urge to clean something, because as a kid, cleaning made the yelling stop.
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Date: 2006-12-20 10:25 am (UTC)