So many interesting insights

From Learning That I Don’t Deserve Pain:

"Looking back, I don’t think there was an evil master plan at work, but a constellation of lessons that made it implicitly clear that whatever happened to me was acceptable, and perhaps even deserved."

https://www.ladyscience.com/blog/learningthatidontdeservepain-painmemoir-napolitano


"During this same time that I was learning of my mother’s pain, my prepubescent body was already becoming an object of scrutiny. On my father’s command, I spent afternoons running up and down the stairs of our apartment building so I wouldn’t get fat. Exercise wasn’t yet a fun activity; it was a demonstration of power."

https://www.ladyscience.com/blog/learningthatidontdeservepain-painmemoir-napolitano


"Those early lessons, from my mother, my father, and church, taught me that being listened to and acknowledged corresponded to worth — and being overlooked, ignored, or reprimanded signaled worthlessness. But now I listen to myself."

https://www.ladyscience.com/blog/learningthatidontdeservepain-painmemoir-napolitano