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[quote=Anonymous]My parents never married one another, but my mom and stepfather began dating when I was less than a year old. My dad has always been in my life, but I never lived with him. My step-dad is abusive in all types of ways. He has been physically abusive to my mom, her sibling, and his biological child(even in adulthood!). He dragged me out of the house(literally) when I was having a bad day as a teen and refused to get in the car with family. My mother recently apologized to my siblings for everything that happened and said that she didn't want us to grow up without a father figure so she felt obligated to stay.
 I'm so angry. During college I felt like I was forced to have sexual relationships with men because I thought if I said no, they would hit or fight me. I had horrible self esteem and confidence and didn't respect myself at all. I'm almost 40 now and I'm in a different place, but I feel so uncomfortable around men that I don't have any as friends. In my past relationships I felt like they would try to control me or always want to be right. When I'm interacting with a guy like that, I feel angry. My mom refuses to talk about any of this with us and I don't know what to do. I suppose I'm venting in frustration and anger more than anything else. [/quote]

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