https://cptsdfoundation.org/2023/02/22/what-are-the-roles-in-dysfunctional-family-systems/ The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:45:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://cptsdfoundation.org/2023/02/22/what-are-the-roles-in-dysfunctional-family-systems/#comment-53163 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:45:35 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=246598#comment-53163 Hello Rebekah
Thank you for sharing your awful experiences and much of what you wrote resonates with me. I was the scapegoat in my dysfunctional family so I always believed that I was a really bad person and when I grew up I was forever trying to make amends for what I had done to my parents. So my father financially abused me for four years – even getting me to buy a new car that I could not afford on Hire Purchase. Then I allowed him to financially abuse me for another three years. I am almost 81 and I just recently understood what happened.

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