Has anyone else been a victim of neglect here?

Yes. I grew up in a working/lower class family with an ISFJ mother and an ESTP father. Both my parents didn’t complete high school and had precarious jobs cleaning houses (mother) or driving buses (father). For the surprise of all, I was a star student and considering by many teachers, a gifted child. My parents saw me as a golden ticket to white-collar stardom and, because of this, were extremely strict, controlling and often used physical punishment as a way to keep me grounded. My mother in particular had the craziest emotional outbursts and often used emotional manipulation and emotional blackmail to make me bend to her will. Unfortunately I don’t have many memories of my childhood or teenage years because it all evolved around this. I only started truly living once I was 18, out of the house, and able to live life on my own terms.

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