Old 09-17-2013, 10:15 PM
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NWGRITS
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I'm part of the second group as well. My reasons for it are more for stopping the cycle of abuse with my own children. I've had to dig in and dredge up the sources of my parenting hurdles (being too harsh on my kids and having unrealistic expectations of them) in order to become a better mother. I was a miserable, selfish person, but I always thought I was just a colossal screw-up. I suppressed a lot of the abuse as I got older. Opening the can and confronting these things has allowed me to forgive my AM and forgive myself for my shortcomings, in order to move forward. For me it was necessary.
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