Uh-oh, I doom scrolled too far.

Damn it, guys, I did something I shouldn't have done. There was a video of Jim Carrey talking about his upbringing and how therapists nowadays come from the angle of "What did your parents do or not do for you?" and how he chooses not to get caught in blaming his parents (who, apparently, were super loving and supportive but were financially limited).

You guys...the way shitty parents and enablers latched onto this video in the comments left me reeling.

"We should always honor our parents, even if they mistreat us."

"Therapists are encouraging parental abandonment.

"People now just want to live in the past and blame their parents for everything."

"Back in my day, we respected our parents no matter what, that's what's wrong with young people now, no respect for the ones who brought them into this world (blah blah blah)."

I wish I could find this funny, but I don't. Maybe I'm too early in the healing process, but this thread just hurt my brain, literally. There were only one or two comments sticking up for children of abuse. One awful mom said that her kids kept trying to bring up the past, and she shut them down by saying, "Well, now your the one who has to do it with your kids." And she said she enjoys the "show" of watching them struggle.

Honestly, it's all an illusion and denial. Mistreatmemt from your parent hurts and causes damage, no matter what generation you're from. And if being honest about that and trying to repair what was broken makes me a whiny crybaby, then it should come as no surprise that I've had enough and choose to walk away.

What do you do to help yourself when you come across BS like this?