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In reply to the discussion: Has this ever happened to you? No? Then I am glad. [View all]BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)It always feels like a sucker punch.
Sometimes I don't wade in just because I get tired and overwhelmed.....
Growing up, my mother was the violent one...my Dad was comparatively sane but was gone all the time on business. Trying to tell him what she was doing did not go well, however. He never physically hit me, though.
Anyway, I was very aware of inequality of women (girls) even when I was a kid. Oddly, though, I also have a long history of falling desperately in love with very damaged people who end up treating me badly. Even with years of recovery I am recovering yet again from another one.
Abuse is the gift that keeps giving. Depression, isolating, self-sabotage, tendency to feel despairing, feeling like you (I) don't know how to do life. Thinking normal people must be very different than you (me). For whatever reason, we have all this on our plate. We have to do our best to make ourselves whole and learn to take care of ourselves better than what we learned.
(I've already signed the petition)