... Every one of my partners was toxic in some way. My mom gave me a book a long time ago called Toxic Parents. I'm not sure what she meant by that.....if she thought she was a toxic parent, or if she thought her parents were. ... (58 replies)

... Yes Angel at times we must do certain things. Have you ever read Toxic Parents book? ... (8 replies)

... PTSD..me too-toxic parents.. Im older now..early 40s but i feel like a bad little child..cos i was..i guess. My parents blamed me for there divorce/lack of $$/sending me to boarding school-to get rid of me..etc..i was hit/spanked-screamed at-kicked out of my house-sent away..i was just a lonely kid-who needed mom to love..hug me.. Dad was bi-polar-raged hit-broke... (8 replies)

... e first time in 24 years, and I told my parents, I was told that I had betrayed my family and that I was, more or less, a traitor. I had kept it a secret from my parents as I knew that Mum would lose control, but I had confided in my sister. My sister promised me support and said that she would defend me. ... (58 replies)

... I come from a very toxic family. I was sexually abused by a maternal grandfather, and two of his sons. ... (5 replies)

... I had a toxic mother growing up, and nobody understood why I was so messed up, because my mother was such a "nice lady". Why is it always the child's fault? ... (27 replies)

... Put me in this boat too. Both of my parents were jerks. My father only cared about his booze. I was the youngest of 4, "the accident that wasn't wanted" so I was told by them. ... (27 replies)

... ty that you all share. Start there and every morning when you wake up try to hear your own voices telling yourselves that you are good people with lots to offer. Parents that don't know how to parent are not correct in assuming since their children have some problems, they are failures. ... (27 replies)

... If you have and she continues not to listen, it's far more healthier for you to stay the distance. I went almost 5 years of not speaking to my parents because of some issues and now that we have started talking again, I see that things have not changed and I just keep my distance and limit phone calls. ... (27 replies)

... Did you ever confront this addiction with your parents or siblings, or is it something nobody talks about? ... (5 replies)

... Boy do I ever know about toxic mothers. I grew up in a very abusive home and most of it at the hands of this person known as my "mother". ... (27 replies)

... Pudgkin was her name from the day she was born. Beautiful, chubby perfect little girl all wrapped in pink in the nursery with 4 boys on her left and 4 boys on her right. Sid these are the facts of what I have been told. 10 days before her death she had a 25th b-day party for her husband. She said she wasn't feeling well, had no appetite and had 2 beers and felt drunk.At that... (16 replies)

... it works for some, if having a healthy and not toxic family dynamic. ... (56 replies)

... I also have a toxic mother.. She is nice to everyone else but me and my family. I took her in coz she was sick.. i thought humm good oppertunity to get to know each other again . ... (27 replies)