The Many Facets Of Trauma: Never Belittle Your Little Ones

Alden Tan
3 min readApr 9, 2024

When I was young, I got:

. Bullied in school somewhat.

. Slapped in public by my parents.

. Yelled at by my late, angry dad, your typical grouchy older-gen asian dude.

. Shouted at by teachers who seemed to take our their personal problems on the entire class.

. Treated like shit by some crazy girls I dated.

. To experience the passing of my father, solidifying the idea that I never had a male role model…

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