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Whats going on?


This is my story.
I was abused as a child, I was first hit as an infant by my mother until 4 or 5 and then verbally abused after that.

My mother is very narsistic and I it was all about her growing up. If any thing was not about her she would be cold

or start yelling. My father ws quiet and allowed my mothers abuse, he used passive aggressive behaviors to get back

at her which even made her angrier. As a teenager I never quite got the strength to stand up to her, neither did my

father or sister. We would just let her rant on. This has caused many difficult things to overcome in my life being

afraid of women (especially angry women), keeping a relationship longer than 6 months. Having low self esteem and

fear of confrontations. I have done my best to avoid these issues most of my life. I am now married with a young

daughter and finding these old feelings coming forth and have become very confused, angry somewhat unsure what to do

as a father and husband as I have no real role models to follow. I do not want to become either of my parents. I am

doing lots of reading online and discovering lots about myself that I wouldn't have dreamt possible a year ago.


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Hello David and Welcome

Living with fear and anxiety is one of the by products of living with the disease of alcoholism  The entire family becomes ill. 

You did  not mention alcoholism in your  post but I do believe that alanon and the tools we learn here can help you overcome your  confusion and enable you o discover who you are and how to be the best parent and hjusband you can be

Face to face meetings are held in every community  Help in finding meetings can be done at: 

 

http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/meetings/meeting.html



We have on line meetings her 2xs a day  It is of the utmost importance to break the isolation and connect
Please keep coming back\



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THE HIGHEST FORM OF WISDOM IS KINDNESS

Talmud


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Hello and welcome

I too was a severly abused child, at the hands of my mother and then served up to other family members for abuse so I relate to your post.
I am not sure if alcohol or drugs were involved in your childhood but at the very least you grew up in a dysfunction, so you are in the right place.
I too am very wary of women ( and I am a woman ), As i certainly wasn't able to count on my mother for safety or comfort I tend to see women as my adversaries. Although now ( in my old age ) I am able to maintain friendships with women.
While other kids in high school were planning "what they wanted to be" and picking out colleges my only goal was to be a good wife and mother. I was going to do everything different than had been done to me.
And I met a great guy got married ( 27yrs now ) we had 2 beautiful children and I am living proof that an abused child does not become an abuser. We never raised a hand to our kids and bent over backwards ( probably too much) to give them the perfect childhood.
But at some point I had to reconcile what had happened to me as a child. And that was not a pretty sight. I had spent so much time pushing all that to the back of my mind that after a series of events that showed me just how vulnerable I was, I reverted right back to that helpless child I had tried so hard to forget. Anyway had a total breakdown really...I found my way here to the doors of alanon and the good people here not only understood me they supported me in all my endeavors. After much work in the program I was able to pull myself together. Look at my past and be able to label all my abusers and those who stood by and let it happen as very sick people. People who never found recovery so were unable to change thier behaviors.
Sick people do sick things and Hurt people hurt other people.
All I can do is keep my side of the street clean and carry on. I did not have to become those people and I didn't. To me that is a victory
You are young so the quicker you deal with these issues the better off for you and your family. See if you can get yourself to some meetings or join us here online for our twice daily meetings, you will find them invaluble and if you start working the steps and the program you will become much healthier for you and your family.
Blessings

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