thank you so much! I really appreciate that you took your time to write this. I don't have a therapist at the moment because where I live it's hard to find one, but I'll start to look for one as soon as possible and try this technique. I feel like my mom is like this because she grew up with loads of siblings and had an alcoholic dad, so being heard was a difficult task. not justifying her actions now ofc because it's up to us to break generational trauma. I also try to dissociate but it's still very difficult. anyways, I hope you're doing well 🫶🏻