- Date posted
- Yesterday
Just need to vent
Does anyone else have parents that seem to enjoy taking anything and everything you love away? I am a big music fan and music is what gets me through things, so naturally my parents decide that I can’t have that anymore. I’m finishing getting ready for bed and my dad walks in and says “We are going to keep you laptop and iPad in here at night now girl” and of course my response was wait why. For context i listen to music through my earbuds connected to my laptop at night to help me sleep. So now I can’t do that. Another thing, well it’s not her fault but my mom gets migraines and I’m a band kid, so of course i bring my instruments home to practice. But when I try to practice she send someone in my room to interrupt me and tell me to stop. I have tried learning different instruments to see if any of them work (trumpet, clarinet and baritone) for her migraines but no. I can’t play my instruments unless I am outside. Like I said I am a band kid, and I am the most band coded person you will ever meet. Making music calms me down too so I keep my instruments with me. But some days I wonder just why I joined the band. Why did I choose the thing that mom can’t stand? Why did my mind decide to only be calmed down with things that can’t be done? I try to play quiet and it just doesn’t work, my mom always gets a headache and sometimes she gets mad at me for playing. I just want to be like any other kid with a mom who can actually go around and function. She comes to my concerts but every time she has had to step out, I only feel able to play to the best of my ability when she is out of the house. And that isn’t even that often because of how much she gets migraines! I can play at school in band class without anyone caring but not at home, no not at home.