Old 07-10-2013, 08:44 AM
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OnawaMiniya
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Hello and welcome.

I'm no apologist for parents, trust me. But I do recognize that everyone, including my own parents, have been through difficulties.

Ultimately you have to take responsibility for yourself.

For the record my mother and I aren't really in contact currently.

Does that mean she hasn't been through anything? No. Does that invalidate all of the nightmarish years I had growing up, with both of them? No. Am I affected by my upbringing? Yes. Do I try to grow beyond it? Yes.

Self awareness is a great first step. No one is 100% perfect and self aware. But an effort is better than none.

I do have some anger from my upbringing.

Then again as an adult I have made some poor choices myself. So, is it ok just because I had an abusive upbringing? If it is, then I guess how my parents were must be ok too, since they too experienced struggles.
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