“I Will Never Be Able To Forget That”: 45 Of The Worst Things People Heard From Their Parents

My ex-wife said something similar to me. But not because I attempted suicide, but because I called the suicide prevention hotline, and they a doctor to come talk to me at home when I asked them to. She thought it was embarrassing and it made me look weak.

horrible mother.

Oooh, I feel you. I had a suicide attempt at 10 years old (failed because someone ruined my plans without knowing it). Nobody found out at the time. But as was I slamming myself for the failure, I could hear my mother's snapped voice in my head: "See? you can't do anything right!" Hugs.

Borderline personality disorder….

Your mother did the right thing. I do not want to sound unfeeling or heartless, but I am, so that is how this is going to come out. There is no such thing as "trying to k**l yourself". There is no such thing as "attempted s*****e". Anyone can k**l themselves - nothing to it. What you did was a silly, pathetic drama queen attention grabbing stunt and quite rightly your mother saw through it. She confronted you and made you face reality and you are still alive. Good for you, Mum!

This is so horrible. Cut them off and get therapy. You deserve so much better than that. Hugs.

There's no reason to forget or to forgive, unless you do it as a path of healing, if/when you are ready. You don't owe them anything.

Whipping boy. It’s a saying for a reason.

You have no family, OP. LET. THEM. DIE. ALONE...!!!

I would left right then after telling them off.

My father's mother commented once that my younger sister was beautiful but I looked like a little monkey. I was five or six, it happened over forty years ago, and it still hurts. Hope you are rotting in hell, "granny"

This is what I'm afraid of: sayng something off-hand that will traumatize my kid forever. I try to stay super aware of how I talk to my kids.

I can never understand parents who literally go out of their way to hurt their own children like this. They are to be loved and cherished unconditonally. Horrible father

was that picture necessary tho??

I also have some moments like this, and my parents are actually pretty good people.

Sadly, I know a few people that are dismissive of the pain of others. I've gotten to the point with them, that I just say "it's my pain, not a ducking competition, I'm not talking about your pain, I don't feel your pain, I feel mine!"

While this is harsh, there is SOME truth in that statement as well. Everyone IS going through their own battles and it IS up to the individual to take care of themselves and be accountable for their health. HOWEVER, this mom went the wrong way expressing that and managed to invalidated the pain and diagnosis instead. Place and time people, and choose your words wisely and carefully.

My late aunt: "Everyone has back pain, stop complaining all the time!" I was 20 years old. It turned out I had double scoliosis, and the deformed vertebrae were pressing on some nerves. She never apologized; moreover, she went on how "kids today are so weak".

I hate it when someone tries to dismiss your hurt by one-uping you, or in a futile attempt at consolodating you. Sure it could always be worse, but that does meant that this is good, and as such it is utterly irrelevant. Pain is pain, and when you are in pain it does not matter that it could be worse.

I don't feel sorry for the mom.

I was raised Catholic (am much better now, faithful but not religious). The doctrine may have changed, but I was taught babies were born with original sin, due to Eves's transgression in the Garden of Eden), and baptism was needed to remove the sin. Unbaptized babies would be sent to Limbo. I have heard that Limbo has been canceled and unbaptized babies now go to Heaven. Hopefully, any souls in Limbo have had their sentences commuted...

What a horrible thing to say

Being religious doesn’t make you a good person

So a newborn baby, as innocent as a human can be, is not allowed into sky daddy Disneyland without a magic bath? Reason #19288 why I will never ever be x-tian.

Who would want any part of a god that would do that to an infant anyway?

Why though?

*"family"

As a fellow epileptic, I share some of your pain- the social stigma and myths that surround the condition are awful. I am so sorry for the los of your son.

f**k ur mother

One thing I learned, if you don't want your parents finding out about something that you know they wouldn't understand and go stark mad, NEVER WRITE IT DOWN.

Sorry, but James Buchanan was gay. I don't care what conservatives say. If they encountered him living the life he did in this age they'd be up in arms to oust him from the presidency. Not that he shouldn't have been ousted, but for his racism, not being gay.

Yup. Homophobic parents are a special form of evil. It gets better buddy

Yes, to be president u have to be a convicted felon

f**k your parents. Being gay is not something to be ashamed of, we are not living in the 1800's, and your parents are complete a******s for saying that. I hope you find someone who treats you right and better than your parents because you don't deserve that b******t.

I wish they cancelled each other out! That would be awesome for me. ;) Thankfully my parents have taken me back in at several points in my life and have always supported me no matter what I was going through.

Cut. Them. Out.

I know how bad the dual diagnosis of depression and anxiety is. Everyday is a struggle and at least for me nobody believed the diagnosis of depression as my anxiety made me very animated. You might say I was lucky was what you might call high functioning so unless I had a bad attack nobody would know. I feel for OP as nobody knows apart from the individual how hard it was for them and someone saying they know how it is and they feel it can totally feel like making you wanting to say "F-off, you really don't know what goes on inside my head, you are not me".