I was punched in the face as a kid by a stepfather

[deafskeptic]

25. I know where you come from.

I've never had any children because I did not want to become like my mother who would belittle her own children, slap them, and otherwise mistreat them. Nor did I want to marry someone like my Dad who could be arrogant , belittling, harsh and extremely controlling .

Also, I was certain they would try to take my own kids away from me because of my deafness and supposed low IQ. I never had any kids nor have I ever married. Many people think that deaf are low in IQ because of poor hearing.

I'm also very leery of trusting anyone with high status like politicians, doctors, or lawyers because they can abuse their authority with ill intentions. Let's say one of them is related to you and then they tell your own doctor that you have a low IQ. That's one such example, I could count a few other examples.

When I have spoken of my issues with people who grew up in families like mine or work with families like mine, they say I'm not imaging things when I say stuff like this. I just wanted freedom away from all this.