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2 - The Dysfunctional Family & the Scapegoat

Adult Child

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The Dinosaur Fight

"I always knew that my childhood was less than ideal. I just wasn't aware of how much," she says. "The message is like, you have to stop crying or you're going to get hit right? But the more he's doing that, the more I want to cry in my life." She recalls her dad strangling her when she cried and then threatening to punch her if she didn't comply with his demands. The first time she smoked weed was a mom's pot from the freezer. 'There were some key abuse memories that I knew was...not repressed'

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