Lol yes as a teenager I know how many of us (yes, "us") verbally abuse each other behind their backs. Everyone calls me a "crazy <hate word here> and I call 'em names behind their backs, in front of every one and the crazy crap just keeps repeating. Almost everyone I've met is normal. So yes, it's the normal teenagers who are the most abusive ones, it's really due to the biological phase I guess. But adults from lower class are permanently stuck in the teenager phase too.

We don't need another place, we just need more understanding and more support. If my parents weren't abusive, I could really have been a doctor. But years of abuse (aside from brain damage and mental health issues) really drained me physically and psychologically. So I can never be a doctor or a scientist now. If I had brain damage and all the mental health issues AND IF my parents had been supportive I could have easily been a doctor. Only if they had let me play with other kids, didn't over drain me, etc. etc.