I’m losing the will to live because of my daughter’s emotional abuse
DEAR DEIDRE: I’M losing the will to live because of my daughter’s constant emotional abuse.
I’m a 73-year-old man and I’m happily married to my wife, who is 68. Our daughter is 42.
Life has become increasingly difficult after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis a few years ago.
Since I became her primary carer, she has been filled with resentment.
At first, I thought it was her way of coping, yet years later she is still constantly blowing up my phone with verbal abuse every day.
She says the most horrible things, and it causes my wife and me such distress.
I am constantly back and forth to the hospital with her. I am physically and emotionally exhausted. How do I go on?
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DEIDRE SAYS: Your daughter lashes out at you because she knows it is safe for her to do so because you love her unconditionally.
But you should not have to put up with it.
Until this cycle of abuse is broken, nothing is going to change.
The best thing you can do is seek support. The National Domestic Abuse Helpline (0808 200 247) can help you process your emotional pain.