Messages By: thalidomid

 I really felt for those 2 boys in yesterday's show. One of the most honest comments they made was saying they didn't think there was hope for any normal relationship with their mother. I honestly don't think Dr. Phil realized the depth of the destruction of that family relationship. Although my dad has never been diagnosed, I feel that he shares most of the traits of a bipolar person. In my family, we all grew up not knowing whether he was going to be screaming at us for some little thing or turning around and patting our back. Out of the 6 of us offspring, 5 of us decided never to have children. The one brother who did, was basically coerced into it by his exwife. We have all grown up not trusting people and thinking we are extremely inadequate, even though most of us have high I.Q.s. All of us have pets to whom we feel closer at times than we do our spouses ( the 2 of us that did get married). We don't trust. We feel disassociation with our feelings . I haven't had a relationship with my father for the last 20+ years. I feel nothing for him ; as if he were a distant uncle. We all have nervous disorders . When I was watching yesterday's show, I actually thought to myself, is it not normal to have screaming in a family environment? That was a bit of a revelation for me, strange as that sounds.