jasmin wrote:I'm sorry your father abused you and tried to brain wash you. He's not a god, he's an abuser.
You're not to blame for what he did to you and your twin sister.
Maybe you know when other people should be ashamed of themselves but you're so used to associating any mention of shame with feeling ashamed of yourself, because of your childhood?
By boundaries I guess I mean thinking about this stuff more, figuring things out and growing as a healthy adult that way - understanding what is true, what's not, what's unfair to you.
Thank you for confirming that he is not God, and he is merely and human abuser. Since he was so tyrannical, I still feel awe towards him. He called me an idiot when I was young. He knew how to make money while I was child and didn't know how. He gave us food, hygiene products and clothing. When I was little, he was like a superstar to me. He seemed that he knew everything about the world while I was ignorant. He made me believe that. Oh my god, that's awful isn't it? He acted as if he was a king of our family. I respected him when I was little. I asked many questions to him, because I felt he knew everything about the world. He sometimes answered to my questions. Especially, he was into music, so I asked him a question like "who is the best singer in Japan?". His answer was "Yosui Inoue" (Japanese singer). But sometimes, he just said to me, "You would not understand my answer" when I asked a question. I remember when I asked about what stock in market is, he said to me this sentence. I feel I was insulted by him. I felt I was not smart enough to understand his answer. I felt ashamed of myself when he said this sentence to me.
>Maybe you know when other people should be ashamed of themselves but you're so used to associating any mention of shame with feeling ashamed of yourself, because of your childhood?
Yes, that is very true. When I was a child, I felt so much shame of myself. I felt bad about myself. I often felt humiliated by teachers and my parents. That's why when it comes to any mention of shame, my brain automatically associate it with feeling ashamed of myself.
My father did something that he should feel ashamed of himself by having sexually abused me. I still feel a lot of shame on me about his sexual abuses... I am very uncomfortable when I feel like this. I feel as if I am integrated to my father, and I am a part of him...
>I guess you could remind yourself that maybe you're ashamed for other people because of the way you were treated as a kid and you could build boundaries for yourself
I re-read this sentence again, and now I understand it. My depression deeply affects my language skills. It's annoying...
>I guess I mean thinking about this stuff more, figuring things out and growing as a healthy adult that way - understanding what is true, what's not, what's unfair to you.
Thank you for clarifying.
I think what is true is that my father did not love me, but he abused and toyed with me.
Also, the truth is that my father is not God, he was an evil human criminal who attacked little girls (me and my twin).
I am having difficulty to understand what's unfair to me.
When somebody treats me unfairly, I accept it and I feel ashamed of myself, because I am very used to being treated unfairly by parents, teachers and bullies. For example, today I was on the bus. I didn't have a bus pass, but I had a receipt to show that I have purchased one year bus pass for disabled people. The ministry mailed it to me, but it has not arrived yet to my address. But I know this one year bus pass is effective on March 1st. When I got on bus, I showed the bus pass program application and the receipt. But the bus driver told me to get off. But I explained to him. And he said I need to speak with his supervisor. He said that his supervisor is outside of the bus in the small cabin over there, so I got off the bus and went to the cabin. However, The cabin was locked and there was nobody inside. I have an impression the driver deceived me. I was very angry. But I also felt very ashamed of myself... I had a mixed feeling of anger and shame of myself
When I waited for the next bus, I did the same to the driver. I showed the application and the receipt. And he said I can be on his bus... I could come home and I felt relieved. But now at home, I still feel ashamed of what happened to me with the first driver. I was very shocked by his treatment to me, and I feel ashamed of myself. It's very painful to be treated badly and have to feel ashamed of myself. It is the same feeling regarding my being raped. I still feel ashamed of myself about being raped. It's very painful.....