r/netflix • u/AnotherDarnDay • 2d ago

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What the hell did I just watch? And what the hell was this person thinking?

I'm in shock that someone would do such a thing to their own child. And that she doesn't seem to have any focus on what she actually did.

The daughter didn't seem to grasp what her mother did when they told her but the father acted on it right away.

Was she totally jealous of her own daughter?

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u/galactabat 2d ago

"jealous of her own daughter" might be putting it lightly. she was a few cards short of a full playing-deck if you ask me.

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u/AnotherDarnDay 2d ago

I feel the daughter let it go why too easily. Like it hasn't fully processed. If my mama told me to kill myself I'd never have spoken to her again

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u/Suffrage100 2d ago

Abused children usually still love their mothers and want to be with them. They're always looking for their love and approval. Of course, it's not safe for her to be with Kendra. Maybe when she's an adult, she can break free from her mother's manipulation.

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u/_chicksareforfags 2d ago

totally, to me it was extremely similar to people who leave cults. well more even, how people stay in cults in the first place. They isolate you, make you feel like they're the only ones who love and value you, make it seem like others are crazy for not believing you.... there are huge issues people who leave cults face after because its not just one relationship you're recovering from, it's how you see your entire world. I'd be a fool to say I could even imagine what that feels like. The fact that people think the daughter is in on it because she's not as "mad" as they think she should be is heartbreaking. What would you do truly if you found out tomorrow your mom did that to you? like your brain would just shut it out cause reality would be so hard to accept. And then compounded by the fact that this was a childdddd like her brain hasn't even developped fully yet and she has to face a trauma most would never even dream of