{"id":401,"date":"2026-07-10T07:08:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lysithea.be\/?page_id=401"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:46:41","slug":"my-childhood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lysithea.be\/?page_id=401","title":{"rendered":"My Childhood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/lysithea.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ba451da95f95ae866bce5e9c2710e5a5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lysithea.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ba451da95f95ae866bce5e9c2710e5a5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/lysithea.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ba451da95f95ae866bce5e9c2710e5a5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">&#8220;My childhood not complicated, simple but still hurts&#8221;<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My father was bipolar, which was not well known in the years end seventeens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was part as a warm and happy family, but at the age between four and five  things did change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My dad starting gambling again which create  a lot of friction between my parents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The warm and happy family started to collapse and it did get worse when dad started having bipolar episodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Things did go wrong when it happened on regular base, my sister and I where  locked up in the large bedroom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When my father had is  episodes or mood swing I still remember him listening to music, while being singing in a melancholic way, crying and of course drinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I didn&#8217;t experience much about it, I was only five and  was still not developed. It&#8217;s like not being able to have feelings at that time I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to the large bed room, dough it became more like a closet to avoid the noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/lysithea.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a-young-child-silhouette-sits-in-a-dark-room-looking-out-a-bright-window-framed-by-curtains-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lysithea.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a-young-child-silhouette-sits-in-a-dark-room-looking-out-a-bright-window-framed-by-curtains-photo.jpg 700w, https:\/\/lysithea.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a-young-child-silhouette-sits-in-a-dark-room-looking-out-a-bright-window-framed-by-curtains-photo-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">&#8220;My schooltime&#8221;<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/lysithea.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/649ac5ca235562001df1be9d-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lysithea.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/649ac5ca235562001df1be9d-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lysithea.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/649ac5ca235562001df1be9d-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lysithea.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/649ac5ca235562001df1be9d-1-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is nothing to tell about my schooltime, I didn&#8217;t fit in at all and my anxiety levels keeps rising and it became impossible to go to school. I past a lot with my nanny, a safe zone just like just like the large bed room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sins things didn&#8217;t get better it was time for a child psychiatrist, separate consultations first me and than my mother. She asked me why I could not make friends at school, the only question she asked me and I burst into tears. I still see that as cruel way to confront a kid that way. It was my mother turn, very simple :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8221; It&#8217;s not an environment to raise kids&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8221; Your son feels guilty for the friction between parents&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"429\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/lysithea.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/240_F_795658157_fLNCJurwVhBRGIqrrRyKpBzBVjxAYzsr.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lysithea.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/240_F_795658157_fLNCJurwVhBRGIqrrRyKpBzBVjxAYzsr.jpg 429w, https:\/\/lysithea.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/240_F_795658157_fLNCJurwVhBRGIqrrRyKpBzBVjxAYzsr-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">&#8220;I still feel guilty&#8221;<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My father was bipolar, which was not well known in the years end seventeens. 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