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In reply to the discussion: This was what it was like to grow up with a gun nut for a father. [View all]nolabear
(41,956 posts)67. Might want to rethink that post. It's incorrect and insensitive.
Masochistic? Uh, no. And the issue does involve guns. In this culture he could think of himself as more of a hero, as in control, as the good guy, rather than the sick, cruel, sadistic individual he was. Take it from me, the guns exacerbated the problem. How do I know? Years of talking to people with mental health issues and carefully being sure guns are removed from their impulsive access to them so they can't harm themselves or others. Stabbing is rare. Virtually no one in this culture has the fantasy of being a big hero and carrying a knife to prove it.
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You were tortured and abused, that's all there is to it. You were entrapped in an earthly hell.
We People
Dec 2012
#7
"It was the constant invalidation, telling you that you were bad, worthless, etc."...
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#68
I've done so much FOO (family of origin) work that I think I could pay for a mercedes.
tavalon
Dec 2012
#117
Understand totally, tavalon. Many years later in therapy, I did "kill" them symbolically--
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#121
My brother lives next to a cop. He has threatened to shoot my brother, he has shot
doc03
Dec 2012
#25
I'm trying to fathom the mind that would defend gun ownership in this thread
DeltaLitProf
Dec 2012
#37
Thanks for sharing that. ITA how important it is for a girl to have a good father. I
raccoon
Dec 2012
#38
"Someone with a loaded gun in his hand only has to lose control for a split second
raccoon
Dec 2012
#62
I can relate. My father only had a few guns, but only 'played' with them when he was drunk.
joanbarnes
Dec 2012
#63
True, Sir: Calls Hisself 'Satan' And Cannot Tell Masochism From Sadism....
The Magistrate
Dec 2012
#153
+1. The Renaissance scholar Stephen Greenblatt wrote a great book with
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#106
Well you sound like you are on the road to recovery. Because honestly I don't know
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#73
did anybody else in the neighborhood think it was so dangerous they needed guns?e
yurbud
Dec 2012
#150