Posted by Dinah on May 5, 2005, at 20:49:12
In reply to emotional abuse? Dinah, posted by Pfinstegg on May 5, 2005, at 20:25:41
Now that I'll absolutely agree with.
I'll go so far as to say that my mother never saw me as a separate person till I was a preteen. I was no more a separate person than her spleen was. That's why she got so angry when I had my emotional troubles. It was as if your arm suddenly quit following your brain's directions.
Daddy wasn't like that. I was his beloved daughter who filled his stapler and fixed the remote control. And talked to him about everything under the sun and teased him out of bad moods. Someone who he could complain to about his wife and son. He also protected me though. I always knew I could never get in any real trouble as long as he was there.
Of the two, my relationship with my father was healthier because it was more mutually beneficial.
I may be being a bit unfair to my mother.
But I don't think so.
poster:Dinah
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