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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did anyone grow up with parents who provided zero life guidance and emotional support/growth during their childhood and formative years? How did you deal? How did you learn the tools to have an emotional life and personal growth? Did your siblings learn?[/quote]

Therapy.  Figuring it out on my own. I literally grew up walking on eggshells and hoping my mom wouldn't come home instead of her coming home from work and screaming or hitting us.  I blocked out the majority of my childhood.

Also, my mom is considered "successful" but had no idea how to guide us toward university or careers after.  I see my uncles and aunts help their kids get jobs or use their network whereas after I graduated I felt like I was drowning and had no connections.

BUT I am lucky.  I figured it out but think I would be more successful and had an easier time with different circumstances.  My sister has so many issues because of our childhood.  On the outside looks like she is fine, decent job, owns a condo, but she's an alcoholic, constantly dates awful men, and has been depressed for a decade.  She blames childhood, but now as an adult I feel like you need to figure it out and go to therapy and only you can decide your life.[/quote]

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