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Dealing with a parent who overreacts?
Complete transcript:

Parent: Ugh you just spilled! ugh what's wrong with you?
Child: What a strange thing to say. Nothing is wrong with me. I accidentally knocked something over. The way you react teaches me how to react. If I knock something over, and you can regulate your nervous system, you'll respond in a calm way. I'll learn to cope with small things happening, and easily and quickly recover.

If you struggle to regulate your nervous system and say things like "What's wrong with you" when I make mistakes, I start to develop anxiety. I'll call myself an idiot, and I'll start to believe that making mistakes means I have some serious character flaw. When mistakes are just a natural part of life.

Parent: I never thought of it like that.
Child: I know so I'm helping you out, I'm learning to be hard on myself, and beat myself up because of how I'm perceived by you. I get it's stressful, but if you start to learn to regulate your emotions, I can too.
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Dr. Nicole, The SelfHealers Circle, How to be the love you seek
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