What’s something that was toxic in your family that you realized later on in life?

My parents made me and my siblings incredibly dependant on them. They made us constantly doubt ourselves so we couldn't make our own decisions. They believe my possessions belong to them because they were stored in their house. They gaslighted me and my siblings whenever things from the past got brought up, such as abuse. They would try to make me and my siblings feel bad whenever abuse got brought up as if we were bullying them. My mother would scream at me whenever I tried to open up about things that bothered me because it was upsetting her. My dad would use things my siblings told them in confidence (such as depression) and would use it against them in an argument. During arguments my parents would constantly go for the lowest blows to hurt us. The whole dynamics of the family were fucked.

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