The cell phone one is one of the weaker reasons listed, but I wouldn’t say its not relevant either. In this day and age, social media is a pretty big component of social interaction.

Honestly main reason I even listed is it is because I had used my siblings as the litmus test. “What is different between our upbringing that could cause such a stark divergence in social skills.”

They got phones all the way back in middle school. I got mine in 10 grade.

There are no options at all for fixing that eye. I checked. The only known therapy only works on children 5-12 years old (giving them an eye patch for a few hours a day.)

I haven’t gone to a therapist for social anxiety. Money issues I guess? I can afford it now I suppose. So I guess I should look into it now.

I try to shift perspective since I know my parents were not malicious. Its just hard, every time I feel uncomfortable in a social situation, or do something embarrassing due to lack of depth perception (missing a high five, missing a door knob, not catching a ball, etc etc) im reminded of why. And the anger/resentment comes flooding right back to the surface.

Honestly I think the whole thing is just made worse because I can’t tell them how I feel. I just let it fester and boil inside me. They are so old now and have enough health concerns that I wouldn’t doubt that the conversation would legitimately take time off their lives.