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reb569 · Oct 02, 2017, 03:39 AM

My father was the oldest boy in a family of 6 (4 girls, two boys). One of his sisters was older. They grew up on a farm.

Possible trigger:

My father worked milking cows and doing chores starting at 4 years old and was often horribly beaten by his father. He started smoking at age 8. He never drank.

I've come to the conclusion that he had Borderline Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and may have actually had CPTSD himself. I don't think he was BiPolar. He was never diagnosed with anything.

My Mom had one sister and grew up in a strict catholic family. Her childhood was pretty good, no history of abuse. Her father passed away when she was 14. Went to Ladycliff college (catholic college), then taught in a one-room-school house for 1 year, before becoming a bank teller. She then met and married my father who started abusing her about 1 year after they were married. Just about the time my oldest sister was born.

Possible trigger:

My mother had anxiety issues and at one point became very paranoid and possibly had hallucinations. But my father had been abusing her daily for months, threatening to put her in a psych ward, as well as physically and sexually abusing her. All her issues, in my opinion, were a direct result of being abused by my father.