r/TraumatizeThemBack - Mom 'Turned Me Straight' ️‍🌈

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[TheClick]

Only 3 day left to pick up a rainbow plushie

[silly.guy.]

I think my best "traumatize them back" moment was when my mom told me that what she put me through didn't matter because it was a few months ago, so I responded with "Then why are you still pissed at [ex step dad's name]? That was over a few months ago."

[Kitty-Marks]

I don't have parents, I have a spawn point.

[alysonsanchez]

I had a boomer relative ask me when I was going to have kids bc the rest of my siblings have them already and I said “well after I almost died last time, doc said it wouldn’t be safe to try again” really cheerfully and she’s never asked anyone else about kids

[autisticnation]

Oh I've done the "You first" thing as a trans person many times. But typically what I ask is either "Are you circumsized?" or "D you shave it bald or have a bush?" and when they go slack jawed I just say "So you don't like me asking about your genitals? Weird you were perfectly happy to ask about mine."

[pennybast]

Hey, Click. It's called "conversion therapy, " and regrettably, it still happens....a LOT.

[bxnvrr]

I have some facial disfigurement due to cancer and I wear a face mask and wear my hair in a way that it covers more scars and such (I've had people ask "what happened" in a rude and demanding way). Recently at work, I had an older woman tell me, "Those are bad for us! You shouldn't be wearing that mask!" I smiled and said in a very chipper, customer service voice, "I have cancer! My oncologist reccomended that I wear one. But thank you for your concern!" The woman looked like a deer in headlights. She stuttered, left to wander the store, and walked out without buying anything. I have many stories like this. People are rude, but traumatizing them back is a sweet, simple pleasure

[TheWatchersMeteorite]

i had the "show ur parts" happen to me online. i reported the person bc im a minor. they got banned for pedophilia ^_^

[frankhooper]

I came out when I was 19 or 20 - I'm now 73 and wondering when this "phase" is going to end!

[fazed]

The first story really hit me as a young adult who is no contact with their family

People always push it and insist you talk to them so I always say either they are dead or list some of the trauma to get them to shut up about it buts it’s such bullshit to have to explain your trauma to some stranger who doesn’t stay in their own lane 💀

[seasonalidiot]

My traumatize them back moment wasn't from me, but a friend towards me. One of my workout partners is a trans man (i didn't know this at the time) and we were good friends. One day they were acting unusually, like more snappy and angry. I wasn't paying attention to it much at first but something happened and I don't remember what. I just ask him "Is something wrong? Are you on your period or something?". Yes dear reader, he was on his period. As soon as I connect the dots and was told that he was trans I begin profusely apologizing to him trying to make it better and he just starts laughing his ass of. Never asked someone that again though.

[riakun]

I think my favorite “traumatize them back” incident was when I was with my family at a dinner one night, and I mentioned my birthmother by name. My uncle/her youngest brother asked why I was doing that, and I said that I would not refer to her as “mother” because she wasn’t my mother, my grandma/their mom was my mother since she raised me.
My uncle rolled his eyes and said how I can’t judge a parent for how they act because I am not a parent myself.
So then I smiled and said “I would love to do better to my children one day, but I was diagnosed with infertility, and the doctors said That, even if I managed to get pregnant, it would actually be at a huge risk to my life due to being diagnosed with EDS (in short, twice as likely to have preterm birth, bleed out during/after pregnancy, 10x more likely death after giving birth, etc), and combining it with a nifty little, genetic defect that the females, including my birthmother, had in the family where labor last about three hours max, thus your body not adapting well to the pain/intense physicality that labor puts you through. So I’ll stick with watching your children 4 days a week while you’ve gone to work, and that’ll be my parenting experience.”

He worked in the medical field and knew what I was talking about, so he dropped that subject very quickly.

[ornitorrinco_en_la_caverna]

I like how even when he reads the world "dyslexic", The Click still says "dislaxative".

[RyanBlackhawke]

I wish everyone had had a mom like I had. This woman was born in 1932 and here are the following reactions to my various comings out.

"Mom, I'm a lesbian. I like women." Her response?
"Well, yes, I had a relationship with a woman once." My sister and I THOUGHT they were more than roommates (we were way young).

"Mom, I'm actually trans. I'm a guy."
"Are you and (my wife) going to break up?"
"Um, no mom. We have no intention of breaking up."
"Well, I love you and you're my kid." She ADORED my wife who is also trans but she transitioned before we met. In a way, she helped me become the man I am today.

"Mom, (wife) and I are poly and (other wife) lives with us now."
(*blink* as I can see the cogs in her precious little brain whirling to process this info). "Is there anything else you need to come out to me about?" I mean, I could have told her about how I'm a kinky little bastard these days but some things are better left unsaid. She had many MANY flaws and had been thru a LOT (poopy taste in men) but I still miss her every day.

NEVER let anyone throw out "well, they're just a product of their time" argument without a challenge because lots of people from the same area do not hold poopy beliefs. My uncle fought in WWII a big ol feminist and did more to shape my cousin's confidence to take on the world more than her own mother who constantly tried to undermine her. Anyway, y'all should have the same type of family members and it saddens me greatly every time I hear of an LGBTQ+++ person being spurned by their birth family.

[gamerfans]

S tier teacher, seeing and hearing a kid, getting absolutely bullied, comes over and sets everything right. Teachers need to be more like that one mhm

[bxjokyu]

My absolute *almost spotless* "traumatize them back" event was when my Mother said, "you don't need my love. You need to do better." (I was 10 and had failed 3 boring classes) but low and behold, after I started to get some money, she wanted rent. I couldn't hold my full tooth smile as I was allowed to retort, "You don't need my money. You need to do better." I was evicted shortly after. Worth it, and thank you to my friends who helped out at the time

[Alyssa_M]

When I worked in retail pharmacy, some people were so rude I had to threaten to ban them. Most of them were nice after I dropped my higher pitched customer service voice and said "if you ever treat me or my staff like that again, you will not be filling prescriptions here."

[The-one-and-only-Fruitcake]

I’m gonna traumatize my friends by making them play just dance 4 with me

[hollyrussell]

I have a traumatise them back story too. For context, I've had anorexia for almost 12 years.

I was extremely sick at one point and my GP sent me to hospital because my weight, blood pressure and blood sugar were very bad. When I got to the hospital I was sitting in my bed, scared and alone (my family at the time had given up on me) and while my nurse was checking my blood pressure. The conversation went like this-

Her- "I'm so jealous, you're so skinny!"
Me- "It's not as fun as it looks"
Her- "Why?"
Me- "Because I have anorexia"

She looked mortified. She really should've read my file before seeing me.

I'm still quite proud of that moment

[Jin]

"Conversion therapy" -- it still exists -- quite unfortunate because they do more harm than good. Smh



It's much easier to love & respect everyone. Hate takes too much unnecessary energy.

Much love to all ❤