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Were you ever abused by your family?
Replies: 23Last Post July 7 8:22am by Avenue D
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Choice Votes Percent  
Physically 2 3%
Emotionally 14 24%
Physically and Emotionally 15 25%
I was never abused. 23 39%
I'm not sure whether or not I was abused. 4 6%
Vote Now! 58 Votes Cast
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fuzzypants

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Were you ever abused by your parents, or anyone else, in your family? If so, was it physically (this includes sexually), or was it emotionally? This is what the poll refers to.

This part isn't part of the poll, but rather part of the thread itself, and what I'd rather read in your replies. What do you think is worse, in general, without getting too much into it with the whole "it depends" thing; physical or emotional abuse? Why?

And, if you don't mind saying, how were you abused? Obviously you don't have to say.

My mom, after she re-married, and my step-father have emotionally abused me to the point that my depression got so bad that my medicine dosages have been increased three times. They don't think they have anything to do with it, at all. They've insulted me constantly for years, ever since their marriage was finalized, but as usual, they are above me and do nothing wrong. They're your typical "holy god" complex holders.

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uwastedmyheart


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Father. Physically & emotionally.

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marshmellowman


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No, thankfully.

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father he did both

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Fortis Obscurum


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I was by my first family.

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Yep.  That just happened.

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misskatty


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Physically and emotionally by my brother

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HateParents


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iunno. my deepest sympathy to anyone who has been, though.

&young discipline (belts/spankings when you're a kid) and yelling don't count as abuse in my book. That's just parenting, but i'm not going to have kids anyway. worlds' too fucked up..

Post edited at 6:40 pm on July 6, 2008 by HateParents

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meine92


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Emotional abuse tends to be the worst.

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emotionally by my mother and stepdad

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Aixi


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My aunt used to smack me, and beat the shit out of me when I was 13-14.  She stopped when I hit her back.

But I think emotional abuse is worse, because it hurts even after when they're not there.  I mean, you can put ice an a bruise, but not on emotional scarring.

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Soren Kierkegaard

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Yes to both, which was why I was an atheist for the longest time due to the abuse I endured by my Christian parents.  I have since then realized that it wasn't at all a reason to base my religious conviction due to their poor choices in parenting, which is why I became more interested in religious studies and the man I am today.

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Frisky Dingo


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My papa abused me emotionally for like the first thirteen years of my life, but he's only ever threatened to hit me.

I would've preferred phsyical abuse because then I could've brought the fucking cops out on him.  Plus it's just easier to dismiss for me.

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carracer


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I might have been effected by my parents emotionally.
It may or may not explain parts of my bipolar disorder and what sets it off.

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soaringfalcon2010


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yea. emotional, by like everyone in my family

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LostInTheClouds


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My father and mother both emotionally abused me throughout the years.

My mother neglected me, and my father took all of his anger out on me.

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