I just called in sick. Trying not to feel guilty. [support]

You know, the only time that I can recall not feeling guilty for being sick was when I had my daughter, but I don't know if you can say getting a c section is being sick. Lol maybe the guilt train never left the station because my folks were getting *their new baby, lol. My husband gets so pissed when they call saying they are ready to see *their baby tomorrow or whenever it's convenient for them. Like typical baby boomers my dad sees a person's badly by b what job they do. He had me a job and a new place lined up for me three weeks after my daughter was born. In his defence he did let us stay with them while I was pregnant, but Damn, let a woman heal. I ended up back to work a month after the baby was born. If I'm not making money I have no value... I even think he feels this way about himself retiring.

I will say that I missed a lot of school as a kid. My brother missed so much they put him in alternative school. He discovered he could cough Really loud in sixth grade and the school would send him home. A lot of days he wouldn't bother going at all. This went on for like 3 or 4 years. The only reason he didn't fail was because my mom would go beg the principal not to fail her "sick" boy. We went on so many doctors visits. One even sent him to a shrink. I, being the sorry little brat I was decided that if he doesn't have to go to school why should I? I missed 33 days in one semester, but managed to pass with As and Bs and begging from my mom. I guess I didn't have as good of a con as my brother because my folks made me start going to school again. After that every time I got legit sick I was accused of faking and got a nice guilt trip. This was my own fault though because of my previous actions. My brother's cough did miraculously stop after he found Jesus. Praise be to the Lord, lol.

I must admit though that my folks may be more flea bitten from their own upbringing than being full on narcissists. My brother and I both have had GC and SG experiences. I lurk a lot in this sub because part of me feels like this could apply to certain members of my family and instances in my life, but I am in no way claiming to have had the type of experiences that I have seen on here. You guys amaze me with your strength and your resilience at dealing with crazy.

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