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Reinventing Christianity's avatar

Such big issues for me. With an emotionally abusive father, vulnerability for me meant letting him win. I got pretty good at not letting that happen very often — just in time to step into control issues for the rest of my adult life. (This verse has always been a helpful favorite.)

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(Also I totally read the question the first time as, “Imagine me sitting ON you and asking these questions.” I mean I coulda gone there but …)

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Bo McGuffee's avatar

I'm sorry to hear that. That's really rough, especially at a young age. It's good you recognize this and know where the issues are coming from so you can work with them.

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