Today, I discovered that my parents made a game out of my mental illness. Every morning, they have a bet on which one of them can make me cry first. FML
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Today, I realized my parents are pretty much single-handedly responsible for all of the mental illnesses and personality disorders I have now. FML
Today, my parents kept on trying to create drama in my long-distance relationship,and telling me that my life is a mess. But when I tell them they played a huge part in my crippling anxiety, they change the topic. FML
Today, I opened up to my parents about my depression. Their response was to have a very heated discussion about whose fault it was. FML
Today, I found out how my parents met. They met at a mental hospital, where they were both being hospitalized. FML
Today, my mom found a new favorite game. I recently broke up with my boyfriend of a year and still have not been able to find a job (months after graduating college). Due to this stress I cry easily, her game? Seeing how many times a day she can make me boo-hoo. FML
Today, the reality of how shattered my mental health is truly hit me when I spent ten minutes crying after a bot beat me at a card game. FML
Today, I finally confronted my parents about my depression and avoidant personality disorder. I showed them a well-kept journal of every time they've disregarded my feelings on something completely valid. I'd worked on this journal since I was ten years old. They denied it all and told me to "quit being a crybaby." FML
Today, my grandma reduced me to a sobbing wreck in two short sentences, just to win a bet against my mum. FML
Today, my mom made up a new game. She thinks it's hilarious to hide my brother's creepy Batman toy around the house to creep me out. This has been going on for hours and I still scream every time. FML
Today, my girlfriend told me that her parents have a bet going on when we are going to break up. FML
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BurnInDemonFire 39
Let's turn the tables. I bet you I can slip laxatives in their coffee before you do. The time limit is before Christmas. Ready? Go!
interesting33 37
That is awful. I am so sorry OP. I hope you are able to get the help you need from. professional and are able to get out of that house if possible. If they are not supporting you then that is wrong.
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Comments (20)
slytheryn 14
pretty shocking to read some of these comments. “call cps” “your parents are jerks” “monsters” you people need to remember that they are her parents. show some respect. OP, i’m sorry about that. Hope you can over come your issues soon.
chosha_fml 27
One of OP’s issues is having parents who would make a game of mental illness. If they really are actively trying to make OP cry every day, they don’t deserve respect, parents or not.
GodofChicken 3
Show the parents respect? They literally challenge each other to make their mentally ill child cry.
Quasita 26
While I think this is sketchy at best, I do wonder if they actually stated it was a game that they actively enjoy. I'm considering it more like... Perhaps they are trying to find a way to discuss the issue and the OP is super sensitive, struggling to cope with emotions or what have you. Parents tried to have a discussion about their concerns, stating that "every day, we wonder, which one of us is going to make you cry first?" It isn't the best way to discuss it. I'm not excusing any games they might actively play. i'm just considering the way my parents responded to my acute anxiety attacks when I was a teen. They were confused and upset about them and would say things like "Don't do anything stupid in there" when I would sequester myself in the bathroom. It would sometimes sound like they were making fun but in retrospect, I know they were acknowledging a real fear that they had no understanding of how to express. Saying something like "I bet you'll make him cry today" is not the same as making a game of mental illness. Saying "First one to get him to cry gets ten bucks" is. I would definitely need to know the context... Not because I want to invalidate the OP's feelings, but rather to say that because of the subject at hand, it can easily be misconstrued when people are trying to express concerns. Also, "discovered" implies that the parents did not outright say it to the OP so if the OP is overhearing the conversation or reading say, a text message, it is completely out of context for their entire discussion of the issue and it's really not the OP's business. OP's parents are allowed to express their feelings however they choose within the privacy of their own relationship.
tounces7 28
Okay is there an award for "Worst Parents of the Year"? I'd like to Nominate this persons parents.
GodofChicken 3
Sick bastards. They should be helping you with your illness and not hurting you like this.
LifeSucks676 5
Give them the worst day of their life. Push them into the snow, put laxatives in their drinks, trip them down the stairs and make them cry, and then call them little bitches with no life other than making their MENTALLY ILL CHILD CRY.