Dysfunctional Family

A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehaviour and even abuse on the part of individual members of the family occur continually, leading other members to accommodate such actions. Children sometimes grow up in such families with the understanding that such an arrangement is normal. Dysfunctional familes are most often a result of the alcoholism, substance abuse, or other addictions of parents, parents' untreated mental illnesses/defects or personality disorders, or the parents emulating their own dysfunctional parents and dysfunctional family experiences.

Dysfunctional family members have common symptoms and behavior patterns as a result of their common experiences within the family structure. This tends to reinforce the dysfunctional behavior, either through enabling or perpetuation. The family unit can be affected by a variety of factors.

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• ... Sun, June 15, 2008 - [view]
  okay so in this little not so little explosion of sadness there are some things you might wanna knowmoms name:patty(43 i think)stepdads name:bob45 or somethin)stepbrothers name:bobby(16)halfbrothers name:trevor(1 year) im so sorry i havent been on here in forever my family was having real bad problems that i had to work out and i had finals to study for...  my older (step)brother(he's 16) was dumped on me, my mother and step father because he was caught selling drug at his school he was let off the hook and didnt have to go to juvie but he cause a lot of trouble at home. i asked him what kind of drugs he was selling he said ecstsy(i dont know how to spell it) and i asked him if he did it, he said no and i fooleshly beilived him.after a couple weeks of hiding my valubles ev...
• My Mother is Having an Affair Fri, February 29, 2008 - [view]
  I could honestly kill her tonight. I heard her taking on the phone with someone, as she always does when dad isn't home. I was in the living room watching tv, and she was in her bedroom. I got up, went to the kitchen to make popcorn, and when I came back their topic of discussion had changed. She was making loud sexual sounds and talking to them at the same time. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I started gagging. I'm so angry I can barely see straight. I'm shaking and crying with rage. I figured she was flirting with her online friends, sure, but god. I never thought she was capable of this. I don't know what to do. I want to kill myself. I want to run away. I want to tell dad. Holy shit, how am I going to look them in the face ever again? I can't believe this happened. I can't ...
• Great..-.- Wed, January 16, 2008 - [view]
  well, i have been having some trouble lately, cause my dad found out about my exam that i failed and well he kinda blew up, and i mean in a literal sense...he screamed, shouted, swore and bitched at me for over an hour...well needless to say i broke down after the first few minutes, i dont think i have ever seen him so angry with me.after the shouting and screaming i went to my room and did what i didnt want to do...i cut..deep...so anyway he said to me if i dont pass he is gonna take away my internet and this will stop me comming on this site and also chatting to the best online friends that i have. so i am more than upset...it is hard to write this when you have tears in ur eyes...grr...but anyway i will try my hardest to pass, because i want to be able to continue to talk with you wo...
• Ah, flip. Thu, December 13, 2007 - [view]
  So my mother began to bictch at my older sister and then my sister answered back. So my mother went all stupid and tried to assult her, but my sis took out her arm to block her and accidently scratched her eye lid. And she's all like "you took out my eye' OMFG its like a little scratch, and like barely a drop of blood came out. She like punched the glasses off my sisters face and purposly stepped on them.Then she called some guy that she has gone out to see a few times, late at night to go do who knows what. And is being all dramatic like "Im calling the amulance, my daughter scrathed out my eye, I cant drive like this, it wont even open." OMFFFFG Its open and looks fine. And shes all like saygin that my sister is the reason why my dad doesn't want to do anyth...
• Fights and Flights or the Evening Tue, November 27, 2007 - [view]
    ((( I intended for the title of this blog to be " Fights and Flights OF the Evening", but I mistyped it. Ad it's now unchangeable. )))    Hello again,  It's 1:00 AM in the morning and I have to get up for work in five 1/2 hours, however, I don't think I'll be able to sleep until my parents come home. So, allow me to fill you in on what happened tonight, because I'd like to talk to someone about it...because I'm tired of pretending things like this never happened.  I noticed today that my mother and father were acting strangely. My mother was on-edge and irate, while my father seemed depressed. I tried to get them to talk to me about what ever was bothering each of them, but they both insisted they were fine. Which, obviously was a lie.  They...