Originally posted by: Criticiser
In my opinion witnessing your mother being a victim of DV and getting abused daily by your own father is a suffering! Imagine seeing such traumatic stuff at a young age and unable to do anything about it! I think abuse and DV in a marriage is more than ‘unhappy’ but that’s just me! So many kids in the world are witnesses to their parents being abused daily but are helpless and as a result become mentally disturbed from this trauma and affects their life! Is this not a major childhood suffering! Just because someone loves you it doesn’t make them a jovial saint same goes with abusive parents!
Just because he lives in a huge house with his big family and servants doesn’t mean that his childhood is perfect! Clearly his family members are all useless his uncle is a busy surgeon and his aunt is a selfish woman who never cared about her own sister and grandparents were probably dead so there was no emotional support from any relatives! Is that not suffering having a dysfunctional family with selfish family members but unable to do anything!
Witnessing ones mother getting abused on daily basis is def traumatizing for the child .a lot of what abhim is , is bec of his childhood trauma.
But here was a lady whose father basically funded the hospital and her husband was supposed to be on her mercy , instead he was abusing her ..what I mean to say is that she cud have & should have walked out of the marriage instead of letting her son suffer , she had an advantage over those women who are financially dependent on their spouse and unable to walk out due to social stigma and lack of confidence...instead she was putting up a huge smile and serving the family , like they're so rich why can't they hire servants ? The suffering hence seems to be self inflicted , much like anupama...
Mahima Anand etc are like that , that's not a problem. They take pride in their selfishness & narcissim , that's the problem...
In any case , manjaris pain & suffering all these years can't be overlooked...initially I loved their dynamic bec it seemed like mahima the politician didnt let manjari have any power , hence she encouraged harsh to subdue her.. . I feel sad that the same woman was capable of causing so much pain to her daughter in law..
Having said that , childhood trauma isn't something to be worn as a badge or used as an excuse for one's behavior..a child fails to understand these things but an adult can ..and if they understand the root cause they can def work to be the better version of their parents.