Has anyone else become estranged from their parents and if so, why?

[Anonymous]

I did because they sent me to a psychiatric hospital as a teen.

Almost 20 years on, I struggle with PTSD from the experience that has destroyed my quality of life. I can't bring my self to get any kind of counselling or help because help is what caused this problem in the first place and can't see myself starting to get past this until they're dead and gone.

When I told my parents how I felt, they used the cliché excuse that "we didn't know what else to do to help you". I told them "At that point, I didn't need help! I needed space and I needed time; was that really to much to ask for?"

[MemeSupreme]

makes sense why you're mad at them. psychiatric hospitals are a mixed bag anyway which sucks considering how expensive they are lol

and yeah, i am. it used to be my mom and step-dad, but i reconnected with her after a few years. they were just really abusive

[Mynameisbobby]

After my dad died when I was 12 my mother and older sister started abusing me physically and emotionally. My mother let my sister beat me for no reason and told me I must have done something to deserve it. My uncle adopted me when I was 13. I still have ptsd from what they did to me. If you don't mind me asking, why you think you can't get past it until they die?

[Anonymous]

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