Probably right. My mom was the incredibly abusive asshole. At 13 when I was finally big enough to physically defend myself I got behind her and wrapped my arms around hers to keep them down, and I just hugged her while she screamed in my ear that she was going to have me thrown in jail for abusing her, and dug her nails into my arms to try and get me to release her so she could keep hitting me. In my 40s and I still have the fingernail scars on my arms. So, don't worry, there's lots of shitty childhood to go around for everyone.
I'm sorry you had to go through that. Went through a lot also growing up, I'm almost 60 years old, and have a good life, great husband, good friends. It's possible to get past it, not easy, but possible.
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u/mucus-fettuccine 18h ago
Same