Is it normal i know so many people with traumatic childhoods?
I would imagine most people know somebody with a bad past but a lot of people have opened up to me about their problems, which I am glad to be somebody they can talk to, but I often don't know what to say.
I respect peoples privacy which is why I've been hesitant to bring up this topic, but I will give vague descriptions without too much information to give an idea.
I know numerous people who were molested by their parents or another caregivers. Some parents even let others do the same.
I know numerous people who were physically abused and even tortured by their parents or caregivers. Some examples are burned on the stove, held in boiling water, made to stand on nails, having their eyes ripped out, and having siblings killed.
I know a few whose parents got them hooked on hard drugs very early on even giving them drugs such as meth to bring to school and sell.
I know numerous people who were emotionally abused such as kidnapped or forced to watch people be brought into the house to be murdered.
The people who have told me these stories became my friends in a world that mostly rejected me growing up.
I felt homicidal much of the time and still often do, not for my own needs but because it upset me that the ones who accepted me were the ones who were hurt. I felt obsessed with society being my enemy.
I'm realizing I need to let my hate go because life is to short to focus on hatred.