No thanks. It stands as fact. There are many forms of abuse.There's still time to delete/edit #2, but ...
Reading your touching comments, I better appreciate that saying that goes something like this: If you really knew the background of a person, you would neither "dislike" or "worship" that person.You should have made this so people can choose multiple answers IMO.
I was verbally abused BIG TIME and CONSTANTLY as a child. Shrieking lunatic for a mother, when she was around at all because she had to work 12 hours a day (and more) after my father left.
Did live with the father for awhile (he didn't completely disappear) and that really wasnt much improvement, he was taking me to the bars getting me hammered at age 15 and 16 and I did have a serious alcohol problem for about 20 years in my younger days. Once threatened to kill me as a teenager because he found pot in my room. WTF is more normal than a teenager with pot? I have no idea.
I was physically abused a little bit, there were few really harsh beatings but I did go to school once with a big welt across my face from being hit with a belt. I told some lie as to where I got it, if I told the truth the authorities would have removed me from the home I'm sure.
Back in those days beatings were more accepted.
The constant verbal abuse was very damaging, destroys self esteem, makes you withdraw and introvert, I was told as a child that I would wind up in jail (shocker, prophesy fulfilled), told I was defective. Its just so utterly ****ing wrong to say such things to your freaking child, but thats how it was.
To this day I am very close only to canines. This is not a bad arrangement for me. They are so much better than humans anyway. In all ways.
I have a lot of tattoos that I feel, now in hindsight, I mutilated myself due to low self esteem and mental issues. I thought they make me look "tough", and in the day I was pretty tough, and still am really.
I feel I have a lot to offer as a mentor or counselor to younger people who are disturbed and have issues, and I may get involved in this, been thinking about it.
Today: I am a college Honors grad, dual degrees including science, somewhat financially secure although I still live just on the "fringes" of society and am extremely mistrustful of people and do not enjoy their company in 95% of cases. I can be in solitary confinement and LIKE it. Give me a few books and you won't see me again for a week.
Good question. Ask if you want more.
In closing: I consider myself, still, to be very lucky. So many kids have it even worse than I did. My father is dead, but we were on decent terms later in life although never close, my mother is alive and I see her monthly or so and we have developed a wary relationship, but will never be "close" close, she is elderly and probably won't be around a lot longer.
Reading your touching comments, I better appreciate that saying that goes something like this: If you really knew the background of a person, you would neither "dislike" or "worship" that person.
So, I guess that if we knew the unknown aspects of that Kremlin monster's life, we might not "dislike" him so much. Who knows what kind of childhood he endured. Or how he rose in the ranks of Soviet intelligence. Or how he gets along with his mistress and their children.
Human beings are truly pathetic, and -- yes -- that definitely includes me. (P.S. The Donald acts that way because of his childhood, no doubt.)
You should have allowed people to cast multiple votes, because I qualify for 2 of them equally.Are/were you an abuse victim?
You should have allowed people to cast multiple votes, because I qualify for 2 of them equally.
You should have made this so people can choose multiple answers IMO.
I was verbally abused BIG TIME and CONSTANTLY as a child. Shrieking lunatic for a mother, when she was around at all because she had to work 12 hours a day (and more) after my father left.
Did live with the father for awhile (he didn't completely disappear) and that really wasnt much improvement, he was taking me to the bars getting me hammered at age 15 and 16 and I did have a serious alcohol problem for about 20 years in my younger days. Once threatened to kill me as a teenager because he found pot in my room. WTF is more normal than a teenager with pot? I have no idea.
I was physically abused a little bit, there were few really harsh beatings but I did go to school once with a big welt across my face from being hit with a belt. I told some lie as to where I got it, if I told the truth the authorities would have removed me from the home I'm sure.
Back in those days beatings were more accepted.
The constant verbal abuse was very damaging, destroys self esteem, makes you withdraw and introvert, I was told as a child that I would wind up in jail (shocker, prophesy fulfilled), told I was defective. Its just so utterly ****ing wrong to say such things to your freaking child, but thats how it was.
I have a lot of tattoos that I feel, now in hindsight, I mutilated myself due to low self esteem and mental issues. I thought they make me look "tough", and in the day I was pretty tough, and still am really.
I feel I have a lot to offer as a mentor or counselor to younger people who are disturbed and have issues,
Are/were you an abuse victim?