Growing up with emotional and physical abuse
in Psychology ·
I was scrolling through some old threads here about abuse in general, and people were getting pretty deep into stories about growing up with abusive parents. Luckily, I didn't deal with that in my immediate family, but I have some relatives who did, so I get where you're coming from. I tracked down that book I mentioned earlier—it’s called "Toxic Parents" by Susan Forward. Here's the link if you want to grab it:
http://www.4shared.com/get/50538888/...ni_rodite.html
Do yourself a favor and really pay attention to the intro before you dive in (decide if you're actually ready for this). It’s basically a roadmap to help you break out of that loop you're stuck in. Each chapter is designed for you to sit with and process different parts of your relationship with your parents—it's all based on real people's lives. In a perfect world, the parents would be part of this whole reckoning and finally realize how much they messed up, though I doubt that happens very often over here in the States... Hope this helps 👍👍!
http://www.4shared.com/get/50538888/...ni_rodite.html
Do yourself a favor and really pay attention to the intro before you dive in (decide if you're actually ready for this). It’s basically a roadmap to help you break out of that loop you're stuck in. Each chapter is designed for you to sit with and process different parts of your relationship with your parents—it's all based on real people's lives. In a perfect world, the parents would be part of this whole reckoning and finally realize how much they messed up, though I doubt that happens very often over here in the States... Hope this helps 👍👍!