With me it was my Mom. Bipolar and alcoholic. Hang in there! You will survive and be a better person for it! YOU will never put another person through what we have both experienced! You will break that chain of abuse, and yes, it is abuse, psychological abuse! And it can leave scars. Although intellectually I know I am competent, artistic, and brilliant, I am never sure if I am good enough, smart enough and talented enough! As a result I am an over-achiever (wait til you see my post on the 30th- you'll see what I mean). I paint, sculpt and quilt. I graduated from college with honors. Yadda, yadda, yadda... The thing is, you can take these bad experiences and turn them around to make yourself a better person. Be who YOU are, not who someone else expects you to be! - Granny:hippy:
Storm Crow Reviewed by Storm Crow on . So why do parents do this? My parents lately have been really getting on my nerves. I'm going to foccus on my dad. It's kind of long but something is really bothering me about my father lately. He's a middle aged man, he survived the vietnam war. And came all the way to Canada to live a new life. He's always been a dad whose always liked the control he had over my life as I grew up. Everytime I went out, I hardly went out, maybe once a week or two weeks he's always saying "Why are you always going out? You never Rating: 5