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Originally Posted by shakespeare47
The situation with my mother is rather complicated. Unfortunately, there were a few mentally ill people on her side of the family.... I'm sure at least some of it is genetics.. but, still... she didn't get much help from my dad, or the mental health profession when she really needed it.
And just the abuse I am aware of, was enough to seriously damage anyone's psyche.
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I've also thought that the fact that she was required by our church to just "forgive" my dad his wrongs, without being able to get angry led to her mental health decline.
She had obviously built up resentments after the many years of mistreatment, and was never able to resolve the anger she had. I believe that led to the accusations and violence. Even more telling is the fact that my dad did have affairs (he admitted to it)... it wasn't like the accusations couldn't have been true.