Daughters of Abusive Mothers Community Group
For those of us whose mothers were (or still are) abusive to us. In a society that puts mothers on a pedestal it can often be lonely dealing with the feelings of hurt, betrayal, anger, emptiness and grief of having an abusive mother. People with loving mothers often find it hard to believe or understand. Here is a safe place to express the feelings and find others with...
Yesterday my Father asked me to write a note so that he can bring it to his lawyer, and list all the things my mother has done to me, and after an hour of writing i couldn't take it any more i broke down and cried.. i keep asking myself why she did what she did, i was only a kid.. and i didn't deserve what she did.
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Annie, that is a tough thing to have to do. I recall similar sorts of experiences. But I find somehow in an odd way it also helps me to realise, from a detached point of view, how wrong my mother's behaviour was. When it's all laid out cold like that, you see with such clarity.
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