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Mental Health Support

rox63

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6. The physical violence in my household was minimal

Reply to hunter (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 02:43 PM

Aug 2014

My father sometimes used to strike out at my brother, who would goad him when he was drunk. My mother used to hit us a bit. But I think it mostly stemmed from her own problems managing anger at her situation. No one was ever seriously injured from this. But the emotional/psychological abuse was rampant. I try to remember that each of these people was damaged in their own way. But it sucked being on the other end of their abuse.

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When suicide is used as a threat [View all] rox63 Aug 2014 OP

Looks like you got up early libodem Aug 2014 #1

Thank you for your acknowledgement rox63 Aug 2014 #2

that's a big ole bag of yuck. mopinko Aug 2014 #3

Yep, lots of yuck back then rox63 Aug 2014 #5

It's sad how we often don't figure out these sorts of childhood traumas until we are adults. hunter Aug 2014 #4

The physical violence in my household was minimal rox63 Aug 2014 #6

When I was 13 I cut my wrists...and thought I would die angstlessk Sep 2014 #7

This is not what my grandmother was doing rox63 Sep 2014 #8