People Are Sharing The Kinds Of Pain You Can’t Truly Understand Until You’ve Endured It, And It’s Heartbreaking

“I know they are, but they’ve failed me my whole life. I’ve talked to them, I’ve tried to show them how much the things they did hurt me, but it never worked. I still hope they will change and I will have the child-parent relationship I’ve always wanted, but it’s very unlikely. And it just hurts that it is like that, and I can’t even feel comfortable around my parents and talk to them only when it’s necessary.”

—u/JuciekWorld