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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a royally f'ed up childhood, and one of the most difficult aspects is reliving how horrible it was now that I'm a parent and I have dependent little kiddos. Both of my parents have personality disorders, serious ones. Now I see (vividly) how poorly I was treated, using how I am treating (and want to treat) my sweet children as a reference point. It is forcing me to reevaluate and experience emotionally what I had to withstand when I was too little to do so.

I'm a very engaged and active participant in therapy. I'm on medication. But it's not enough. I want penitence!! I want accountability!! I know, I'll never get it, but I want it! I want my parents to squirm and confess their depravity. "Yes, that day I ignored your sexual abuse."  "Yes, I decided to torment you for fun because that is who I am." "Yep, I didn't care if you died, I was too busy getting high."

I don't want to hear that they will never come around, that people are entitled to their feelings, that they became this way due to trauma themselves, that I should have compassion, that they are largely unconscious of their actions, that I should focus on my FOC and not my FOO, that they will die clinging to their delusions so it's futile to try to change them.

[b]Why can't I corner them? Why can't I confront them? Why can't I shove their behavior down their throats until they choke on their shame? [/b][/quote]

Are you saying you want to do this?  If so, what's stopping you?[/quote]

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