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TMI, NEGLECT, & SOCIAL ISOLATION


I’ve written a lot about my experience with abuse… The sexual and physical versions I suffered at the hands of my sister, and the verbal assaults and emasculation delivered by my father.

Now, I’m going to suggest you can abuse without intent, and ignorance might be as damaging as malice. TMI, neglect, and social isolation added to my complicated issues and crippled my ability to fit in with the rest of the world.

Everyone in my family abused me, including myself. It was obvious when my father and sister were doing it… easy to see it for what it was. That’s not the case with my mother. I hate admitting this, and it’s taken me a lifetime to do so, but my mom also abused me.

I know it was unintentional. She struggled with many issues of her own, so I can easily understand and forgive the mistakes… but I had to acknowledge them first.

Here, I want to outline three, less obvious, ways my mother abused me and further programmed me for a lifetime of inner-turmoil.

From my article for, "The Good Men Project."
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