Cruel Gaslighting Parents
Gaslighting is the act of psychologically manipulating someone into questioning their own memory, sanity, judgment, or point of view, among other things. It is most common in violent relationships, and this can encompass familial dynamics as well as other situations. This puts the other person in extreme feelings of confusion and guilt, it gets really painful.
This person had to endure abuse from their parents, who devastated their lives and then pretended as if it was their own fault that it had happened. Despite the passage of time, the parents in question continue to refuse to acknowledge any fault. They have made the decision to cut their parents out of their lives completely. Would you make the same decision?