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(1/7) So my dad has been one of the most horrible people in my life with his manipulative and degrading words. Since I was around 13-14 y/o, I would always stand up for myself bc no one else would. I’m now 22 and it’s at the point where I would rather lock myself in my room...
(2/7) ...and not eat or drink for days on end than interact with him in the house bc I feel so sick and anxious around him. Anyway since that really young age, he would constantly shout and scream at me about any imperfection he could find and that no one would ever want to be...
(3/7) ...with me etc. He would also gaslight me and embarrass me in front of family and then would always say nice things about them or others while I would stand there. It got worse as I got older then he went on to do the same with my brother. Like I said I’m 22 now and this...
(4/7) ...shit hasn’t stopped. For 8 years I have always tried to fight for myself and fight against all the horrible things I was made out to be by my dad. No one was ever there to stand up for me as a kid. He was never present in my brother and I’s childhood yet he...
(5/7) ...would jump at the chance to scream at us and call us names to our faces and behind our backs. This is all I remember of him bc those were the only times he was present in our childhood. When I was 17 I finally went to the doctor bc I just wanted to die bc at that...
(6/7) ...point I had been made to believe there was nothing to my life and I couldn’t even find one good thing about myself. There is so much more to it and this thread probably sounds like nothing but I could sit down and go into lots of detail with so many incidents...
(7/7) ...Nothing has changed to this day and now I have all this arrogance bc I still believe there is nothing good about me in any way. Now I’m seeking validation in ways that are just so not right...
(8/8) ...If anything I’ve never felt worse.
