I Grew Up With An Emotionally Abusive Family Member
My dad just ignored us. It was more mental abuse than emotional. He could be negative and that was difficult to live with,
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As a kid I could go days without talking to him. He suffered depression and was addicted to pain medications. He was just absent mentally. If things went wrong he was quick to show his frustrations and make others feel miserable. As a kid I latched on to my brothers and my mother for companionship, advice, and when I got lonely.