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[quote=Anonymous]Another issue for us was mom, who had abusive tendencies, but many decent qualities, became extremely verbally and emotionally abusive toward me. Sibling knew and basically fed the abuse to benefit from being the favorite and getting financial rewards. Also, just as sibling went from appreciative to minimizing how much i had done the same happened with the abuse-knew mom well enough to know it was real, but once the benefits came started to make it into "no big deal" and I was over-reacting. I had to fight to get an outside professional involved to step back. I had to fight to get mom to talk meds to stabilize the mood swings. When a middle age grown up doesn't care about abuse that is not someone I need in my life. Luckily I have a supportive husband and good friends. I would mention my kids, but unlike in my family, I do not drag children into adult issues so we stopped visiting so they would no longer witness abuse, but I don't look to them for emotional support. I have boundaries-something that is a foreign concept in my family.[/quote]

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