[Purple Heart]

Hi did you experience in your childhood parents that were unempathetic and not in touch with their emotions? There is a book called Toxic Parents and describes my parents well being neglectful, shaming, emotionally abusive and narcissistic. Anyone else expereince the same?

[Hazel Glitter]

Originally Posted by Purple Heart

Hi did you experience in your childhood parents that were unempathetic and not in touch with their emotions? There is a book called Toxic Parents and describes my parents well being neglectful, shaming, emotionally abusive and narcissistic. Anyone else expereince the same?

My parents were definitely abusive. My father stayed to himself and smoked weed and drank and my mother was an emotional wreck who verbally and physically abused us (me and my five brothers). They also abused each other. I believe many of my issues in adulthood and in relationships (not just boyfriend/girlfriend relationships) have stemmed from my parent's behavior.

[BeyondTheEnd]

My mother was gone most of the time when I was growing up. She'd come home from time to time to drop off some groceries so we would have something to eat but we'd usually run out a few days before she came back again, but when she was there she ignored and didn't even bothered with me in any way. And my father was drank a lot and I think he did drugs from time to time so he was completely out of touch a lot of the time and he was physically and emotionally abusive.