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[quote=Anonymous]Wow, what an amazing thread, I think for all of us with emotionally abusive parents it is so much just to know we are not alone. I found the book 'Why Can I Never Be Good Eough' by Karyn McBride just hugely helpful,really life changing (no relation to author, ha ha :) ) I wish there were a group somewhere for people like us. I completely agree with what someone posted above, that you're caught -- if you keep in contact you're still getting the abuse, but if you cut off you get judged (and sometimes the others who are still imprisoned send a lot of time and energy attacking you. So the book recommends a few strategies, I've gone for sort of cordial distance, which is working OK for now. But I think what is a really interesting point that people have highlighted is that it is not just dealing with one crazy, mean person but sometimes a whole crazy,mean network. We've worked in my family at dealing with this in the next generation down and we've done OK, although the original dynamic (OMG the thing about calling me to complain about others!!!) is so hard to really overcome. I would say that I had a very good relationship with one parent, but he died several years ago.[/quote]

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