Sometimes parents need to fucking listen to what their kids say. My parents never call me by my preferred name or pronouns, they don't pay attention to my very obvious signals that I don't like hugs or physical contact. I have sensory issues and my mom knows this but she acts like I don't have sensory issues. It's always "Oh DEADNAME go give your grandma a hug! If you don't in taking your phone away." Or some insensitive bull shit. Even worse, I got dragged to my grandma's house today even though I said I didn't want to go and made it clear I didn't want to go. What do I get in return? Banging on my door sending me into a panic as my mom yells at me to get ready to go to grandmas. 10/10 parenting right there right? Giving your kid an anxiety attack at 11 am when they JUST woke up after pulling an all nighter only to drag them to a place they don't want to go because you said so. Fuck you if you think that's good parenting. Another thing, my grandma doesn't ever listen, she pushes her religion onto me, always calls me by my deadname, she never pays attention to my sensory issues and invades my personal space by hugging or holding my arm or whatever the fuck she wants. Same thing with my grandpa, he always hits me (not very hard it's not abuse) as a joke and that can sometimes send me into a meltdown. I've locked myself in the bathroom for now but I can't stay in here forever, I'm just trying not to go into a meltdown. My grandma just hugged me really hard when I was minding my own business and I can still feel her on my body, I think she just ruined my favorite shirt because of this. Wish me luck, I'm going to try to leave as soon as possible.