Best part? She’s a child of a narcissist also.

She was adopted as a preteen and came to our family pretty messed up. Most of my older childhood was spent looking out windows hoping she was coming back from the street. As much as I miss her, I’m equally glad that a) I don’t have to wonder where she is and if she’s ok and b) she’s not hurting anymore.

I know I’m late to the party, but here is a truly scary story - you might say it was a matter of life and death.

Most days my natural hair sends a message to the world I’m a dad to a 4-month-old just trying to keep my head above water, having given up on much semblance of personal upkeep.

The breast exams, the HIV tests, the prenatal care, AND the abortions are all essential, life-saving offerings.

Oh no, I’m so sorry - also for your shitty parents. You’ve already mentioned the ‘perk’ of free prescriptions for 5 years, but here’s something else; apparently patients who take thyroid medication (which I’m assuming you will be) are entitled to ALL their prescriptions for free from the NHS. I may also be wrong about…

yeah... sorry for how long it was hahahahaa.

What in the fuck???!!!!

I’m so sorry. Cancer, terrible parents, and fat shaming? What an awful trifecta.

I’m sorry your parents are horrible, selfish idiots. I hope you recover quickly and have a long happy life.....with minimal contact with them.

It sounds absolutely perfect! Honestly, I had a Dad who would just belittle me and brush off any difficulties I had (not that I talked to him very much about them....) One day, about a year after I was mangled in a freak accident and almost died, and he was visiting for a few days and continuing to make light of my…

As the the cancer, I got nothing to help but an Anonymous Internet Human Hug, but as to the parents... when I see ‘no contact’ I get it. Ahh narcissists- the world’s most prevalent shitlords.

Oh, that’s horrible. I’m so sorry. I hope you have other people in your life who truly do care about you and what you’re going through. And somehow obesity is to blame for your thyroid cancer? What the hell??? If anything, I’d think it more likely to be the other way around...but then my medical degree probably came…

The fact that they would bully their cancer-stricken child for “ruining their holiday” by becoming ill makes me want to bulldoze over them on your behalf. *hugs*

They sound like my mother’s elder sister. I’ve always felt that if my mother wrote a book about her life no one would believe it. It can be very difficult for people from “normal” families to fathom what it’s like to cope with toxic relatives. Sometimes cutting them off is the only way to maintain your own mental and…

Treat yourself as you would treat your best friend. That means jettisoning everything and everyone who would get in your way of getting better. I think opening the door to your parents at this point would consume an obscene amount of energy that you need for You.

Some of the best advice I’ve ever heard is:

I am into a bag of prunes tonight and doubt I will venture far from home tomorrow.....