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Media personality Taymesan speaks on trauma of being abandoned by his parents.

I used humour to make people like me - Taymesan speaks on trauma | Pulse Nigeria

Ibukunoluwa Daramola

<h2>Nigerian media personality Taymesan has opened up about the trauma he developed as a result of not being raised by both his parents.</h2>

<p>During his interview with <strong>Pulse Nigeria</strong>, he spoke on his upbringing being raised by his grandmother, as opposed to his mum and dad, stressing that he initially didn't have any issues with it.</p>

<p>He explained, <em>"I didn't exactly feel any type of way when I was growing up because I thought that was the normal family setting.&nbsp;My granny was well to do and she'd send us to the best schools and I was provided for , but when I started getting older, this lack of familial setting started affecting me in my twenties."</em></p>

<p>In his twenties, he began to realise some of the issues he developed abandonment issues and other trauma responses.</p>

<p><em>"I suffered from abandonment issues, I also was very guarded and didn't want to be seen by people. Even in my teens, my grandma did everything that she could buy I think I needed to be groomed by both parents. So when I didn't have that I turned to myself and became very independent too soon and I started guarding myself,"</em> he said.</p>

<p>He continued,<em> "When I got into the real world ,I realise that people aren't as nice as my granny so I started looking for mechanisms to protect myself. I did that for so long that I now have walls up that I couldn't bring down even if I tried."</em></p>

<p>The media personality revealed that humour was one trait in particular that he picked up as a defense mechanism.</p>

<p>He said, <em>"Humour was one of the mechanisms I picked up in uni, I could make everybody laugh but I used it to turn everyone away from me."</em></p>

<p><em>"Humour was one of those things I used to make people happy being around me, so I was accepted. I was looking for validation and I was a chronic people pleaser,"</em> he added.</p>

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I used humour to make people like me - Taymesan speaks on trauma

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