Parents

[LifeSucks1]

I remember my parents physically and verbally abusing me for a couple of years when I was younger over the smallest things such as me not being able to read a clock or me not wanting to play tennis. I remember crying about the pain and my parent would yell at me for that to. They would also threaten to take me out of school and tell all my teachers that I was a terrible person simply because I didn’t do the dishes or something similar. The weird thing being a year ago when I had asked my mum if she wanted help she would always say no and something along the lines of go study don’t do the dishes. My parents yelled at me for not respecting them when they in fact were terrible people who were severely racist and rude to people for no apparent reason. An example being my dad humiliating the lady in the car next to ours by calling her ugly,fat,etc. I’m not sure if I overreacted by cutting my parents out entirely or I did the right thing.

[Oliveart11]

I’m so sorry that you experienced all of this from a young age. I can relate to everything you said. I have stopped going around my parents. They will never change and it really triggers me to the point of me feeling like I want to be invisible. They are not good for my soul. I understand.

[Nathalie99 Partner]

It feels like taking that step of not seeing your parents might help you get rest and some space for your own healing. It is a very tough decision but I would say, follow your intuition.

I had abusive childhood and at times I needed to step away from contact so that I could find self confidence and figure out things without constant criticism. Being around conflict is not conducive to healing.

Meanwhile, building your own strength is going to help you figure things out.

Wishing you a lot of strength through this very tough decision...