Is it normal i get upset & jealous when seeing a happy family

When my mother was pregnant with me my father wanted her to get an abortion, which she refused. When I was born my parents often argued and would abuse eachother by calling eachother vulgar names. When I was around five my mother kicked my father out so it was just her, me and my younger sister.

My mother would beat us up and call us names, this continued until she gave us up to our father due to her having an accident at work which rendered her unable to care for me and my sister.

My father and me use to argue everyday and I hated him, he would call me names, yell at me and ignore me and only give attention to my sister.

Now I'm 18 and my dad is getting old, he tells me he regrets the things he did and wished he didn't leave his wife for my mother. He has been living off of government payment for the last ten years due to not having a job. Me and him still sometimes argue but I don't hate him anymore.

My mother lives alone and due to her accident uses it as an excuse not to get a job and live off government money. She still hates my father and claims he ruined her life.

I rarely see my youngster sister because she stays in her room all day, the only time I see her is at dinner. We used to be close until she got diabetes, it went downhill there.

Sometimes I wish I wasn't born, and when I see a happy family out in public or TV I feel bitter and I want to kill them because my family was never happy. Is it normal to feel this way?

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  • green_boogers

    Don't ever get married, or have a baby.

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    • I'm not planning on doing either of those things. Babies are horrible.

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  • wisher

    You had a fucked up family so it's natural to wish you were never born, especially since your father wanted you to be aborted. Normal to resent the happy folks for having what you've never had and will never have but wtf don't kill them. It's not their fault that they're better off than you. Keep that thinking and you're no better than your own mother.

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  • Hie_Thee_Hence

    I grew up in a family in which I was the only stepchild with a stepfather who didn't like me. My parents took one vacation between when they were married and I left home 12 years later. We never went anywhere or did anything as a family. We went out to eat at a restaurant ONCE when I was growing up.

    What used to get to me were the commercials on Saturday morning kids' shows where a happy family would be sitting around a table playing a board game and having fun together. I thought they were normal and my family was somehow wrong. And every TV family had a dad who was an architecht or an engineer, and they always carried a briefcase and wore suits and ties. My stepfather wore sleveless shirts and drove a John Deere tractor.

    I'm sixty years old, and I'm still working it out.

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  • Dread-pool

    yeah it's not fair so many people get to be spoiled and have fun lives but dont hate them even though it's a natural response.

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  • stella8

    rewqre

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  • Myghoul2099

    I wish i was aborted...

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  • hotsexyass

    My family sucks. They lie never help out always wanting money or favors. My whole life I was told I had to earn my keep so I was a slave. Cleaned cooked did everything th didn't want to do yard work. Cut tress, planting things, building fences, digging ponds anyways it never stopped I didn't have a child hood it was work always. Then at 12 I had a job so I could buy food and clothing so ppl wouldn't make fun of me. That's when I changed sex and drugs never home bc I ha money so fuck it. Ya I wish I had a good family

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  • I_Hate_My_Life123

    Your family is always the best example of what not to do (generally speaking). Learn from the mistakes of your parents, take care of your little sister, go to college, and live your life.
    Hopefully, one day you can have a happy family of your own.

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