It all goes back to guilt

People felt guilty about keeping their goldfishes in boring tanks with nothing enriching to do, so they came up with the idea that goldfish only have a three second (or 2 second or 10 second) memory. The fish owners convinced themselves that their pet's small boring container is fine to avoid admitting to themselves that they are neglecting their pets. Your mom may be suffering from similar cognitive dissonance, since on some level she has to justify to herself keeping you in the small boring container of your home. She doesn't want to think about how this may be harming you, because in her mind that would mean that she's doing a bad job and most people don't like having to look at themselves critically or admit, even to themselves, that they have not been handling a certain situation as well as they could be. Luckily, unlike the goldfish, you have access to the internet where you can enjoy sharing your stories and socializing with your friends. Just be careful about sharing too much personal info here, such as your exact age, because you know how mean anti trans people can be. If they find a way to trace your writings to your real life identity, they might get you into trouble with your mom or worse. If you have time check out that link that Manny shared with you on your first post. Remember to be vague, lie and keep track of all of the personal data you've shared on yourself on all sites. How Not to Accidentally Out Yourself https://www.boywiki.org/en/(Boylove_Essays)_-_How_Not_to_Accidentally_Out_Yourself (https site) https://www.livescience.com/goldfish-memory.html [@nonymouse] [Guardster] [Proxify] [Anonymisierungsdienst]