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Children from unloving families

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Bloomy

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In society there is organisations and groups for seemingly everything and every issue. For ex drug addicts. For those that suffers from narsisitic abuse wether from family or partner. There is organisations and groups from those that suffered from incest and other sexual abuse. From alcohol. And so forth and so forth and so forth.

All this aim to provide support and help to those that feel targeted at the issue in name.

But - there is no organisation and no group for people abandoned by their unloving family. As Ive found atleast.

I wonder what is your opinion why it is so?
Also I wonder is this something that would aid you in some of your personal needs?

Personally I belive that the reason must be that there is so much shame attached to having to leave your / cut out family cause of poison or destructive family bonds. Even if many f us realise its not on us, but on our respective families. Still the toxic shame seems to leave heavy burden on our shoulders in a way that none has seized the oportunity to start such a group to offer support that would be in dire need to many of us.

In my country even the national song reflect on the importance to keep the family togheter no matter what - if nothing else it seems for the sake of the nation it self. One line in the song goes like "love to think about my father and my mother". For me its a terrible song and a reason for me to stay as far and away fron the national day of our country as possible. Can not and will not sing a hymn to such a terrible ideology that demands that Ill delete and erase all the terrible done to me exactly by the father and the mom Im supposed to love to think about. For the sake of the nation.

I belive this song and especially as a national song puts more restraints on those that have troubled families and the need to put the blame on our selves for not being able nor capable to manage to have good family bonds as it seemes to be demanded.

Ive found it dificult to tell people when the family issue comes up in conversations. I know for me I can say very simple and no drama that we are not in contact. But I also knows the affect it will have on the person I talk with. The questions that will come. And I can partly understand that. But still it makes it hard for me in a way that Ive choosen to tell people that they died in a car accident when I was very young. It lets me of the hook.

For those of you that has cut of family bonds - how does this affects you in perspective of relating to other people? How do you deal with it?

Sorry of my post is messy / confusing or anything like that. Probably should have been more thoughtful to write it and use time to reflect more. Just want to get it out there quik
 
My parents are dead as is one sibling but I have nothing to do with any of my family other than via a lawyer - kid you not.

A few years back there was a good forum Toxic Families named after the book by Susan Forward - I think was the author's name. It ended and another forum of the same name emerged but it didn't seem the same.

I don't live in my home town and choose not to discuss my family. I don't enter into it as it's so messy & most wouldn't get it so I don't go there because the more you say the more you say & then you are in deeper than is comfy - well that's what I find so I don't discuss them.

I think things like Christmas are hard as people tend to be so family orientated around this time and they will make casual comments. I have some stock answers at the ready that don't lead to further questions. I don't make friends easily and tend to not discuss them much other than with my partner as I doubt many would understand but there are a lot of people out there that do not have the family that they wish for - it's not that uncommon just seems that the place is filled with Happy families sometimes.
 
I dont care to discuss family affair and I do acknowledge that its not gonna be as simple as I wish it was to just say we are in no contact with no further questions asked or other inquires.

I belive you @Edith. Im in no contact what so ever not even with a lawyer. Thankfully Im over and done with biological family from many years back and I have no desire to wreck my life by ever talking to any of them again.

Could I ask you Edith what is your stock answers? Maybe this broken family bonds due to toxic relationship is some of the reason why we are not makin friends so easily? Ive read Susan Forwards book and she is one of the reasons I managed to cut the family ties way back when. Ive become more and more aware that so many of us leaves with family divorces and thats why I kind find t peculicar that there is no support system for us. I also know people who is still in the struggle to unbreak the tights and Im pretty sure that a system for support would offer good help. Not that I would start something so its just a wishful thought.
 
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