Hi there - I'm new so I hope I'm posting correctly. Also, I'm going to talk about violence so if this may trigger you please stop reading now ❤️
I'm wondering if anyone has any stories or experience with cutting ties or healing a relationship with an abusive parent?
My dad is a sexual abuse survivor and had issues with anger and substance abuse. Growing up was like walking through a minefield everyday until I was 17.
When I was 8 I watched him beat my mom so bad she told her friends that she was in a car crash and broke the windshield with her face, one of many violent events. He was very heavy handed with us also and degraded us too, call me fat and spat in my face as a teen. I once peed myself after playing a practical joke on him as kid - I just saw his face change.
I live on the other side of the world from my dad now and still have light contact but have never spoken about the past. I'm at a crossroads where I feel like I either break ties or face him about what actually happened... I'm basically at a stalemate just pretending like the past didn't happen.
I'm wondering if anyone has any stories or experience with cutting ties or healing a relationship with an abusive parent?
My dad is a sexual abuse survivor and had issues with anger and substance abuse. Growing up was like walking through a minefield everyday until I was 17.
When I was 8 I watched him beat my mom so bad she told her friends that she was in a car crash and broke the windshield with her face, one of many violent events. He was very heavy handed with us also and degraded us too, call me fat and spat in my face as a teen. I once peed myself after playing a practical joke on him as kid - I just saw his face change.
I live on the other side of the world from my dad now and still have light contact but have never spoken about the past. I'm at a crossroads where I feel like I either break ties or face him about what actually happened... I'm basically at a stalemate just pretending like the past didn't happen.