How do you mourn someone who’s still breathing? I grieve the parents I needed, not the ones I got. #toxicparents #grief #toxicparent #parents #estrangedparents
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I'm sorry :( my parents are verbally abusive, and never talk to me, but they are here, and i understand what your going though and I'm so sorry