I knew this all along. My parents and my ex-boyfriend tried to force me to get my driver's license at 22. My ex-boyfriend happened to work on cars and he was trying to give me one, but it felt like that gift would have been a means by which he could control me. "I gave you that car, so the least you could do is come bring me this thing I forgot to take to work with me" or some crap that would have become a weekly event. It was an emotionally abusive relationship and I didn't work up the courage to leave until his meth habit surfaced in 2014.
That feeling that both my parents and boyfriend were trying to trap me in a steel coffin was one of several factors that drove me into depression. I think the birth control pills I was on at the time were another factor in my depression. A doctor prescribed me some antidepressants and I read the side effects, then decided to stop taking the birth control pills instead. That act of taking control helped get my life back on track.
Anyway, thanks for sharing this. Everyone needs to hear it.
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great video!
Well done, David! Nail on head as far as this once-crunched bicyclist is concerned!
I knew this all along. My parents and my ex-boyfriend tried to force me to get my driver's license at 22. My ex-boyfriend happened to work on cars and he was trying to give me one, but it felt like that gift would have been a means by which he could control me. "I gave you that car, so the least you could do is come bring me this thing I forgot to take to work with me" or some crap that would have become a weekly event. It was an emotionally abusive relationship and I didn't work up the courage to leave until his meth habit surfaced in 2014.
That feeling that both my parents and boyfriend were trying to trap me in a steel coffin was one of several factors that drove me into depression. I think the birth control pills I was on at the time were another factor in my depression. A doctor prescribed me some antidepressants and I read the side effects, then decided to stop taking the birth control pills instead. That act of taking control helped get my life back on track.
Anyway, thanks for sharing this. Everyone needs to hear it.