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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder what different pps consider emotional and physical abuse?[/quote]

I will say that the one time my dad gave me a black eye garnered a lot more concern than his calling me stupid (honor roll student), lazy (babysat younger siblings because he wouldn't parent and cooked every meal), and fat (below the 50th percentile for weight my whole life) on a near daily basis -- on the days he wasn't giving me the silent treatment, anyway.[/quote]

NP I'll add:  Broke a broomstick over my arm then ripped the shirt I was wearing off me (I was 12); beat one of my brothers on the back (he was cowering) with a belt so badly that, afterwards, it was too painful for him to even lift his arms; made us watch while he beat a loved one and/or berated them; woke us in the middle of the night to come witness/listen to his rants/rages; killed my dog in front of me; shaved a 4 inch strip down the middle of one brother's head; burned all my mother's family pictures (this was in the 70s so it's not like there were digital backups or negatives handy); ruined Christmas so many times that it wasn't until a few years after I had my own kids that I learned enjoy Christmas - birthdays, Thanksgiving and Easter are the same way; pissed on the floor and made us clean it up (I can still see him doing it); threw eggs against the walls and made us clean it after they dried; the usual berating and humiliation thing abusers do.....

Need more examples?  Best thing that ever happened to me and my siblings was the day he killed himself.  I was 20.[/quote]

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