• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    Not all of that, but a whole lot of it is from being raised in… the American version of a Christian household.

    These are the kind of parents who will spy on their kids, catch them masturbating, and then punish them harshly, tie it directly into their moral/spiritual validity as a person.

    Puritanism is very much still alive and well.

    It produces uptight, broken, neurotic people with those control and anxiety issues you mentioned.