#parent-child-relationship

#parent-child-relationship

Tre Johnson hears a voice when he plays basketball. It's his own. He won't reveal what he says but does mention the self-talk is exclusively negative. Johnson picks at himself, always looking for more - even if he is playing well. At times, Johnson hears his voice differently. It echoes of his father's. He heard Richard Johnson Jr.'s gravelly tone all the time growing up, often cutting through crowded gyms and empty blacktops.

Growing adolescent differences are abrasive, wearing down dependence between parent and child. The parent must maintain caring communication and contact so they can feel connected as they grow apart. Change complaints in the parent-adolescent relationship are not a problem to stop but a reality to accept. The more parents know about what adolescent changes to expect, the less they are likely to become upset.

The fence is secured with Keep-Safes fingernails, Daughter's first teeth, the umbilical cord that once joined them to protect them from intruders.

Looking back, I can see my childhood behavior as a reflection of misophonia, a disorder that triggers extreme reactions to specific sounds or actions around us.