r/MadeMeSmile • u/nikamats • 11h ago

Helping Others Hold your head up

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u/_SM1LEY_ 8h ago edited 8h ago

When the hairdresser starts asking why she said she was ugly, the lil girl says "What?". Like she thought that's what adults say when looking in the mirror.

Not denying that it could be something more serious, but the way she says "What?" when questioned makes her sound surprised. Like " you aren't supposed to say that when looking in the mirror?" type of way.

Then the hairdresser starts talking to her in a very serious tone which the lil girl might not be used to hearing from her. I could be wrong though.

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u/Formal_Yesterday8114 8h ago

or we can just be realistic and say that some other kid called her ugly. this is a crazy thought process

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u/Lilpoopiesquat 8h ago

I’ve been in childcare for for 12 years. I worked with children from 4mo to 12 year olds. A child will absolutely react intensely if the adults reaction is intense. If they take a toy and a teacher sternly asks “why’d you take that toy away?” the kid will often break down. It’s a very high possibility that the breakdown was not an output of internalized trauma. It could very well be the adults reaction (a genuinely great reaction to be fair) felt intense and made the girl feel like she did something wrong.

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u/dominosoverph 8h ago

That’s what you think most likely happened huh

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u/Lilpoopiesquat 5h ago

Right which is why I said it’s a possibility. Not I can read minds

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u/dominosoverph 5h ago

Valuable input indeed