My brother's quiet struggle made me rethink how we talk at home

I used to think family fights were just normal noise. Seeing him shut down showed me the real hurt it causes. Now I try to check in before things blow up.

6 comments

6 Comments

ninasanchez4h ago

Wait, you never noticed he was shutting down before? That's wild to me. I always saw my sister pulling away during fights.

parker_sullivan922h ago

Imagine not even hearing a chair scrape back from the table. That means the fights were so loud they drowned out everything. You really have to think about the environment that creates.

victor_hill443h ago

Our dinner table got so loud we missed his quiet exits, @ninasanchez.

miller.thomas3h ago

Wow, zero sound clues? How did you not hear a chair or anything? That's crazy.

the_paige2h ago

Chaos just drowns out everything else.

margaret_roberts2h ago

Sometimes the yelling gets so loud you miss other sounds. In my house, the TV would be on full volume or doors were banging. You just don't hear chairs moving when everything is that crazy. Your brain blocks out the small stuff.