| Pearl Jam – Daughter Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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@[Mike1954:1314] Hey, maybe a bit late but I was looking for opinions on the lyrics of this great song. Being a mum of a recently ADD/PDD/NOS diagnosed adolescent daughter, it hit me like a truck while listening to it for the umptieth time. For me autism is the key: the girl, centre of her own attention. Dyslexia is just a mild problem compared to the total depersonalization occurring in autism. I think that this is not about not being able to read, it is about not being able to understand what her mum is reading, even about not being able to relate to the way most of 'us' think, because her brain simply functions differently. And yes, change = threat, for instance even a painted room. Sometimes I literally have to hold my daughter down when she has a so called 'melt-down' to protect her (and others) from herself. So that part makes sense as well in a painful way. As does the lack of self esteem (not fit to be). So for me this is not about abuse. I really hope that she will one day rise above it all but that is something she will have to accomplish all by herself, I am not able to teach her how to do it. Namaste |
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