Is it normal that my parents are abusive and then deny it?
I certainly wasn't raped or anything, but my childhood was sometimes like a horror movie. My mother never spoke to me calmly, she was always screaming at me and pushing me, forcing to do the most ridiculous things. My father was the calm type... but when he snapped, he was really agressive. He threatened me to kill me several times, and even pointed a gun at me.
It is true that they didn't beat me periodically... it was more of an ocassional thing... but it was really violent and full of resentment. My father hit me with a closed punch directly at my face or kicked me without consent when I was only 10 years old. My mother once violently pulled me out of her car in the middle of traffic and forced me to walk to school.
I don't believe I was a bad kid. I was quite nice actually. I had great grades, I never consumed any drugs, I was very polite and I was a really calm kid. I guess the origin of this is that my parents always got extremely violent if I ever dared to contradict them in anything, even the silliest things. They had to "win" every argument.
Now I have moved out and my parents are always calling me to hang out with them. I made it clear a thousands of times that they were terrible parents and that I don't want to ever see them again, that I want to go on with my life without them and that I would never forgive them.
They then call me ungrateful. But when I confront them about all those times they made me suffer so much, they deny it shamelessly. They claim that they were excellent parents and that I always had everything. It is true, I was raised in a certainly wealthy family... but I don't think being a good parent is just throwing money at someone. I just wished my parents admitted how mean they were with me... if they do, I might even forgive them.
I know this is too long.... but what do you think about all this?