Testimonies: Dysfunctional mother and daughter relationships 74 Articles

by Shari Maclean

My best friend, a marvelous, independent spirit today of eighty something, was discussing her immediate family, information she rarely divulged. Her eyes brimmed with tears as she spoke of her father's death when she was ...read more

by Nene Taggenpoco

Emotional blackmail, guilt trips, beatings and brainwashing. When I think about my childhood, trying to find a family memory that has happiness, love or laughter attached to it can be like trying to find a needle in a hays...read more

by Shenaya C. Mehta

Everyone can go home and forget about being a prize winner in this particular contest because I am here to tell you that we are the winning team. My mother and I put the "Dys" in dysfunctional. I must start off by saying t...read more

by Pamela Rodriguez

One of my most vivid memories is of my mother hiding in her room all day and only venturing out at night after she was sure I was asleep in bed. What kind of way is that to live as a child? My father traveled for work and...read more

by Kenzy England

I always feared my mother's wrath. Being the eldest of four children, I always received the brunt of her fury whether I was the one who actually deserved it or not. I was to always be a good example for the others and if t...read more

by Dr. Jay

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings That is a quote I love from author, Maya Angelou. In essence, it means that no matter how unfair and cruel life is, a young girl still has a voice, and can prevail and become a heroine in...read more

by Tiffany Peardon

I grew up with a family of seven, three brothers, one sister, myself, and my mom and stepfather. It was'nt easy and it was far beyond a fairytale life. I grew up watching my stepfather beating my mom, and all the arguing t...read more

by Campbell Nallick

I remember the first time I knew the "relationship" I had with my mother was a serious problem. I was seven years old and my mother had taken a 2x4 and had come after me. Once the beating was over, I ran out of the house...read more

by Jem Gedwing

Back then, when I was a child, mum was perfect in my eyes. She was and still is a very beautiful woman, now 74. She entered and won a lot of beauty pageants and took pride in her appearance from the moment she awok...read more

by Kristen Santori

Mirror Mirror on the wall... A young girl stands at her mother's dresser, peering into the alternate world. Two starry blue eyes stared back at her. When She blinked, the two eyes blinked. When she smiled, there was a s...read more

by Sonora

I am my mother's first daughter. I was born when she was 25 years old, still young enough, she tells me, to believe she would never age. My mother was my best friend, my confidant, my idol. She taught me to paint in the...read more

by Heidi Rushford-Bednarek

I miss my Mother. I started missing her when I was around 6 years old. I have vivid memories of driving in the car with her,looking out the window and pretending to have a conversation with her. I actually moved my lips...read more

by Harmony Barrett

Mom and me: Dysfunction (preferred article!) I love my mother. If I didn't love my mother as much as I do, I would be able to blow her off when she speaks out of line or candidly disregards me. However, because I l...read more

by Jessica Wandrie

Most people would say that I am an independent person. I have had friends who are not so independent and think by telling me I am an independent person that they are complimenting me. I appreciate it greatly but it gets me...read more

by Terry Loving

Nothing hurts worst than a mother's betrayal. It breeds mistrust in future relationships, and causes self-doubt. In relation, self-hatred and loathing of one's precious life is a direct result of bad parenting. It wasn...read more

by Lorraine Cobcroft

When I was twenty six, a friend gave me a book to read titled "I'm Okay, You're Okay". It took me over thirty five years to learn to believe that I was really okay. It took, I think, more than fifty years to convince m...read more

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by Leah Curtis

My mother isn't a very nice person. I say this not with malice but rather as a sad observation. My mother can, and is, a nice person most of the time but it's the times that she's not that she wrecks havoc on her children'...read more

by Lisa Kerrick

I am 34 years old and have never gotten along with my mother. As far back as I can remember there have been things that just never seemed right. I used to blame myself for it, thinking that I was bad or that I was not r...read more

by Eve Redstone

I never knew that my relationship with my mother was dysfunctional, after all it was the only mother daughter relationship I had. I knew I was unhappy at home, but thought every one had the same problems. I thought physica...read more

by Marie Reczkowski

I really don't know if my mom and I will ever be the best of friends, but I have finally figured out and realized what, how and why she did the things she did in my life as I was growing up. My parents had taken me in a...read more