Hey man I feel your pain. I too have a dysfunctional relationship with a mentally destructive parent. I call him dad! This entry was amazingly close to home and was well written in every way. Nice job Ghost.

Beautiful and simple. I love it. I hope this was somewhat cathartic.

Wow.
This must have been so hard to write, but I bet you felt so great afterward.
Great job. Not only for writing this, but for building up the courage to write it. Topics like this are not always the easiest to write about.

No they aren’t easy to write about
I can relate to the feeling too. The strength it can take sometimes just to overcome those feelings, much less to use them to push yourself to do your very best, is really admirable.

Parents really know how to fuck a child up. Thank you for sharing this, Mr Ghost. You have all my respect.

Oh how well do I know the power of spite.

Excellent. It speaks to the power of anger. Too often I forget in my pursuit of zen how much raw strength anger can provide. It’s a slippery slope, but I’m glad you were able to make lemonade with your lemons.

Don’t let the memories eat at you, though. As long as you continue comparing yourself to her words, you’re still letting her define you. Strive to get to the place where she stops being your reference point for success or failure.

It’s still running away, but in a good way. You could be chasing a bottle, drugs, a victim too. There’s so many reasons to run. If you have to do it, this is the right way.