(August 26, 2015 at 3:49 am)robvalue Wrote: I'm really sorry he's been giving you so much griefHe sounds like a total dick, and is not worthy of you as a son.
Sadly, I can totally relate. My father drove me to suicidal depression through his psychological bullying and manipulation. He sounds fairly similar to yours, just replace the religion part with a massive ego. In the end the only way I could keep my sanity was to cut him out emotionally completely, to stop caring about anything he said ever. I also had to minimise the contact I had with him.
Getting away from him however you can sounds like the first order of business, for sure. We don't choose our parents, and we have no duty to put up with their abuse and "love" them anyway. I'm so sorry that you're having to deal with all this, and I hope you can find a way to live a settled life away from him.
What is the matter with people? How can they do that to their own son? I’m sorry for your issues as well. I’m still having a hard time calming down after a few days. The whole situation is making me anxious, even being away from him and ignoring his bullshit cries for me to come back, so he can have control over me again.
And, thanks.. I hope I can get settled somewhere and have a nice life.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-
