I guess it's one thing to have overbearing parents. It's certainly a form of destructive abuse that can destroy self-esteem for a lifetime. There is another kind of parent though. The Sociopath.

My husband was born bipolar -- genetic disorder inherited from his mother. His mother left him in 17 homes in 18 years, while she married 3 times, each husband richer than the next. And with their money she pursued her own wealth and education.

I found my husband in a $300-per-month rooming house with drug addicts and ex-convicts in California, rage disorder flaring, unmedicated, while she was living in a $500K house in Connecticut, contributing nothing. I stabilized him. Eight years later, he's fabulous.

She lives a lie of identity, portraying herself as a caring, peaceful poet, using her husband's wealth as her stage set. And she gets away with it.

I know about the abuse of an overbearing parent. I once thought it was the worst thing in the world. But to my great sorrow, I learned that it's not.

The sociopath is worse.