{"id":2709,"date":"2018-03-21T20:05:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T20:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/depressionhelp\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2018-03-21T20:47:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T20:47:52","slug":"adult-must-deal-abusive-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/depressionhelp\/2018\/03\/adult-must-deal-abusive-parents.html","title":{"rendered":"How Adult You Must Deal With Your Abusive Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As an\u00a0adult, you will have to deal with your abusive parents at some time. But at some level, you are always your parent\u2019s child. No matter how old you are, how aware you are of the abusive relationship between you and your parent, there remains a parent-child dynamic that any emotional trigger will immediately send you spiralling back into. Your mom or dad can easily do something that will send you reeling back to the moment you were 13 years old, and all of those old, bad emotions are there again, crushing down on you like a tidal wave.<\/span><\/p>\n

How can\u00a0adult you deal with an emotionally abusive parent? <\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

The first step is taking back your power<\/a><\/span>. This is not an easy process. It means getting a lot of emotional healing and mental and physical support. <\/span><\/p>\n

Emotionally and mentally you need to get the help of a professional who will counsel and guide you towards dealing with your trauma. This can get very costly. Sadly, this is the reason many adults don\u2019t get the full healing they deserve because medicare doesn\u2019t cover all mental health services. You can also get help through books. There are many self help books written by survivors of emotional and physical abuse. <\/span><\/p>\n

Most people forget the physical support part of dealing with an emotionally abusive parent. Let\u2019s not forget that your physical body holds inside its cells memories of trauma. Cell memory is as important as mental health when it comes to healing. Your body reacts certain ways to stress. It has been conditioned to respond certain ways to negative words and emotions. Think how a certain word can make you sick to your stomach. Or how your dad looks at you triggers a panic attack. These reactions are your body\u2019s response to attack. It couldn\u2019t flee when you were a child, so it tried to protect you by warning you that danger was present. <\/span><\/p>\n

Stop all contact with the abusive parent.<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

It can be the most liberating decision. Remove contact with your abusive parent. Don\u2019t feel guilty or ashamed or wonder if God or Karma is going to pay you back for being a bad daughter or son. You have to start living your life. Your parent has already lived his or her life, and made choices to hurt you. You need to be free from reliving those harmful choices of your parent, and be free to expand emotionally. <\/span><\/p>\n

Disconnecting with an abusive parent isn\u2019t easy to do or a simple choice to make. Abusive parents have hooks in their children. I like to think of it like negative threads that hook into the aura of a person. Your aura<\/a><\/span> contains all your energy and potential. The negative threads, once hooked into your aura, suck away your potential and your energies. The negative back wash from the threads can enter your aura and contaminate you. To become the person you originally wanted to be when you entered the earth realm, you need to shear off or disconnect these negative threads from your aura. <\/span><\/p>\n

It might come across as being selfish at first. You\u2019ll probably be shamed by friends or family who don\u2019t understand or know about the abusive relationship. You\u2019ll be called ungrateful, a bad seed, and worse. As an adult though, you need to stand up and make a choice. Are you going to stay connected with negative threads to this person who keeps hurting you and will never change in that behaviour, or are you willing to snap those threads off yourself and be free to experience positivity? It won\u2019t be easy. <\/span><\/p>\n

Abusive parents have a way of conning you back into a relationship with them.<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Abusive parents have developed survival skills when it comes to maintaining power over their children. It can be as simple as setting one sibling against another. Or as complex as hitting guilt buttons on your psyche. Either way, the abusive parent has enjoyed power and privilege over you for years. Your mom or dad won\u2019t want to give up that power dynamic. <\/span><\/p>\n

So you need to look at your parent not through the eyes of a child. You need to see your parents through the eyes of a third person. Then you have to consider all the options. You can stay in the status quo. You can get a third party involved to help resolve issues. You can try talking or changing your parent. Then look further into your choices. <\/span><\/p>\n

Realize that your options aren\u2019t limited. You can disconnect, remove contact, or give some space between yourself and them. There is nothing that says you must remain the child of your parents until you die. That\u2019s an emotional thing we tell ourselves, but isn\u2019t the truth of our existence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find me on Twitter\u00a0 @tereziafarkas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visit my website\u00a0http:\/\/www.tereziafarkas.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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