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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yup, I realized it at 17.  I graduated HS a year early and went off to college.  I had several wonderful "substitute parents" via my college friends and it confirmed my own knowledge my parents simply had no interest in me.  My 2 siblings and I talked about it years later  and I found out  we all felt the same.   Since  17 I have told people I raised myself, and it was true. My best friend  in adulthood had an even worse experience and it is one of the issues we bonded over.She actually cut off all contact with her parents in her late 20s. I have kept minimal contact with mine over the years.

I raised my own kids differently.[/quote]

Same here - realized it by the time I was 10 and went full-focus on clawing my way out and becoming independent as soon as I could (also left at 17). I basically had to start over with everything once I left - relearning how to behave, think, act, etc.

I don't have kids because I had enough of childhood for one lifetime, and I didn't trust myself to repeat (my mother was/is BPD and I had some BPD tendencies early on). Now I'm in a long-term stable marriage to a wonderful man, and doing well in a career I love. Minimal contact with both parents.

Hugs and solidarity to the OP and PPs of this thread - you're not alone. [/quote]

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