I used to think that my parents didn’t care about me. Instead of acknowledging my emotions, most of the time, I have to soothe their emotions and make sure they don’t get angry or upset. It’s hard for me to have emotional and physical intimacy with others because the closest people in my life don’t want to have that kind of intimacy with me. So it’s rather confusing and uncomfortable when someone I barely know tries to be my best buddy and puts his or her arms around me.

