TBI when I was 7, surgery was scheduled to reduce swelling on my brain, and she instead opted to feed me smoothies of nothing but raw spinach and water. Also took me to some kind of new age healer.
Much worse is that she wasn’t just some dyed in the wool hippie, but a fairly well known microbiologist. So she had at least a passing acquaintance with the scientific method.
Scientific rigor in one aspect of life does not preclude magical thinking in another. Sadly.
Healthy skepticism is a lifestyle.
She’s always been a believer in magical nonsense. My dad is a hardcore Catholic… to the point where he had to make sure there was a church nearby when he want on vacations around the world, which they did quite frequently. My mother is an irreligious Jew who believes in ANY kind of woo based bullshit she stumbles across. Astrology, psychic healing, seeing auras, channeling. All of the major bullshit that came to prominence in the new age movement (thanks Ms Blavatsky).
As such, I believe in nothing of the metaphysical nor spiritual. It’s all copium against the glory of our universe that cares nothing for our existence.
Astrology, psychic healing, seeing auras, channeling. All of the major bullshit that came to prominence in the new age movement (thanks Ms Blavatsky).
Maybe it’s a societal difference, but genuinely the women I know in STEM fields would perhaps do something like that as a funny bit of entertainment, but never to the level of denying surgery from a child.
Or my mom trying to cure my autism with a gluten free diet and trying to prove my incompetence to everyone (including my primary and high school) even when I explicitly asked her not to. Definitely better than your example, but I’m really looking forward to fucking off to college and hopefully never returning home.
Definitely strains of my stepdaughter and her son.
I don’t know if/where he is on the spectrum, though there’s definitely a dash of undiagnosed bipolar with a heavy dose of self medication now. But as a kid, his rage issues were attributed to a WIDE variety of causes:
autism
oppositional defiance disorder
ADHD
gluten allergy
some sort her doctor ordered during her c-section
etc
Ignoring that most of it stemmed from abandonment issues with her. She only paid attention when he had a meltdown, so he very quickly figured out that it was the surefire way to get something from her.
All so she could feel less guilty about being a miserable parent. Yay.
That’s my mother in a nutshell.
TBI when I was 7, surgery was scheduled to reduce swelling on my brain, and she instead opted to feed me smoothies of nothing but raw spinach and water. Also took me to some kind of new age healer.
So yeah, thanks mom.
Jesus. That’s medical neglect :(
It certainly was.
Much worse is that she wasn’t just some dyed in the wool hippie, but a fairly well known microbiologist. So she had at least a passing acquaintance with the scientific method.
At least she got me vaccinated.
Holy shit I’m worried for (what I assume are American) scientific circles.
Idk why she’d forgo the actual medical treatments. Did she consider them risky or what?
Scientific rigor in one aspect of life does not preclude magical thinking in another. Sadly.
Healthy skepticism is a lifestyle.
She’s always been a believer in magical nonsense. My dad is a hardcore Catholic… to the point where he had to make sure there was a church nearby when he want on vacations around the world, which they did quite frequently. My mother is an irreligious Jew who believes in ANY kind of woo based bullshit she stumbles across. Astrology, psychic healing, seeing auras, channeling. All of the major bullshit that came to prominence in the new age movement (thanks Ms Blavatsky).
As such, I believe in nothing of the metaphysical nor spiritual. It’s all copium against the glory of our universe that cares nothing for our existence.
Maybe it’s a societal difference, but genuinely the women I know in STEM fields would perhaps do something like that as a funny bit of entertainment, but never to the level of denying surgery from a child.
Or my mom trying to cure my autism with a gluten free diet and trying to prove my incompetence to everyone (including my primary and high school) even when I explicitly asked her not to. Definitely better than your example, but I’m really looking forward to fucking off to college and hopefully never returning home.
Yeah, disown them! Fuck those bastards!
Definitely strains of my stepdaughter and her son.
I don’t know if/where he is on the spectrum, though there’s definitely a dash of undiagnosed bipolar with a heavy dose of self medication now. But as a kid, his rage issues were attributed to a WIDE variety of causes:
Ignoring that most of it stemmed from abandonment issues with her. She only paid attention when he had a meltdown, so he very quickly figured out that it was the surefire way to get something from her.
All so she could feel less guilty about being a miserable parent. Yay.