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Mar 17, 2012, 06:19 AM
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Member Since: Oct 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 6,543
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Hi Mike ~ When I was a very young woman, I was having alot of emotional problems (which I'd been having for YEARS). Both my parents were alcoholics, and they fought all the time! They were also emotionally abusive to the 4 of us kids. We were just "there" much like the furniture was.  So when I got older, these things kind of kept festering in me, until I had a melt=down and I ended up in a mental ward of a hospital.
My psychiatrist MADE me write a letter to my parents telling them how their fights & actions made me FEEL and I had to mail it.  I got a reply from my Mom, and she basically "pooh-poohed" the whole thing, saying they didn't know their actions affected us kids so much! Good grief. All us kids are on depression medications! At least 2 of us have had therapy, but ALL of us have needed it.
Personally I think it's important that parents know how you feel. I doubt it will make them change -- but they need to take responsibility . Best of luck & God bless. Hugs, Lee
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