I think a sign of abuse ppl rarely discuss is sleep deprivation. As someone who’s had an emotional abusive dad, he would constantly wake me up in the middle of sleeping or try to talk to me while I was awake. Just to keep me disoriented
they do this at religious camps too!! they would make us exhausted on purpose so on the last night, the religious pray to jesus stuff hit harder. i didnt realize until years later how abusive that shit was
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Anonymous4d
In general, I think it’s selfish to wake people up just to ask them a question or something. I had a roommate who did that and I hated it. Like let me nap!!!
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Anonymous4d
I feel like this tends to happen more in romantic relationships but parents can weaponize this towards their children. Either way if this happens to you it’s not normal! Someone should not be bothered or constantly interrupting you when you’re trying to rest!
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Anonymous4d
Also financial abuse but that’s a story for another time
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AnonymousOP4d
He’s being doing this to me since I was a kid! It’s so weird to sit there and try to have a whole conversation or bother someone who isn’t even awake!
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Anonymous#24d
It is! I think it’s a way of trying to control other people to. It’s a lot easier to get people to do what you want them to do when they’re not properly rested!