Melissa Weakly
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Just here to write.
Stories (3/0)
Eating Disorder
So, my father is from a big family and a fairly new country (this year, it is only 70-years-old). In its early years, food was scarce and was not to be wasted. He was the primary cook in our family and boy was he good at it! However, with his upbringing, I think it stuck with him that you always need at least, "One more scoop,” of food and everything on your plate should be finished. I really did cherish my dad.
By Melissa Weakly6 years ago in Psyche
Becoming My Mother
Most women say if they become even half of the woman their mother was, they'd be happy; knowing their mother was a wonderful, compassionate woman. Someone who would kiss their "boo boos," a best friend, a confidante...Well, in my case, being half of my mother terrifies the daylights out of me. I'm sure she had some good in her, but I was hardly a witness to those parts of her. Finding good memories are few and far between. She wasn't an alcoholic or drug addict. At my young age it just seemed like I was her problem. I was the reason she was upset all the time. I was sure that I deserved all of her "discipline." Waking up as a six-year-old and asking her if I could have a bowl of cereal, I was positive it was totally disrespectful to wake her up and ask. I was sure I deserved being called “stupid little b****" after being yelled at and the bowl of cereal was practically thrown at me on the table. I was sure I did something wrong. There were times where she was happy to help me with my homework and after a few minutes of frustrating her, I felt the sharpened end of a pencil into my scalp. She would often use many devices or any to display her frustration with me. We lived in a one bedroom house and we slept in the same bed until I was 11. To me, it was a dungeon and I hated it. She finally died when I was 13, and it didn't bother me one bit. I never cried once.
By Melissa Weakly6 years ago in Psyche
Grief
How much time after a death of someone or something dear to you does it become easier to understand and deal with? Does it matter what/who died? Does it matter how the death occurred? Is one person's death more important to you than another that wasn't "as close" to you?
By Melissa Weakly6 years ago in Families