I've known for awhile that I was psychologically and emotionally abused growing up by my father. But I think I was still in denial about it...until now.

I am finally coming out of that denial with the help of my new T. She recommended me to read up on some material on dysfunctional families...and now I am realizing how much the family dysfunction affected me.

I think in my family we have ignored how my dad has affected us. My parents are still married and say that they are very happily married. But even though I live in another state and am living on my own, my dad has still been abusive whenever I go home for visits.

It's hard for me to make sense of all of this, because on the one hand my mom says that my dad is doing much better...but from my perspective he treats me the same if not worse than he always has.

Any advice would be helpful. Also, if you have any good books or resources on dysfunctional families and emotional abuse that would be helpful as well.