Has anyone ever told you, they wish you'd never been born, or were an accident?

@skaterx (530)
Finland
June 1, 2010 1:37am CST
I think its a horrible thing to say. I'd never forgive my mother for all the pain she caused me no matter what. How am I supposed to heal from that? I can't even treat her like normal because i'm bitter about the bad stuff she did or said, or things she didn't do for me, or when she didn't take care of me right.
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• Philippines
1 Jun 10
Yes, indeed. It's a horrible thing for a mother to say to her child. I understand how you feel. I have an absentee father and a dysfunctional mother. My mother hurt me a lot in the past and what she did and said to me were so terrible that I'd rather not write about them. However, I have learned to forgive. Forgiving is easier said than done. It took a lot of prayers. It took a lot of tears. It took a lot of time. Remember, you were NOT an accident. You are NOT a mistake. You were meant to be here. DO NOT let your mother make you believe otherwise. Prove her wrong by being a blessing to others and by making something good out of your life. Show her that the world has become a better place because you are here. You have the right to be happy. I don't know your mother but I gather from what you just wrote that she is emotionally abusive. Don't allow her to abuse you. Pack up your things and go. Stay away from her. But you need to be able to forgive her because if you don't, you will forever be her victim. Hatred poisons the soul. Please forgive your mother for your own sake. Love yourself enough to forgive her. You don't have to hug her or kiss her or tell her that you forgive her. You don't ever have to do that. Just be at peace with what happened to you because you can never change the past. It's going to be a long process and it's difficult, but it is possible. Trust me, I speak from experience. You need to seek healing. Talk to someone who is wiser than you, perhaps a counselor. I wish you the best in life.
@skaterx (530)
• Finland
1 Jun 10
She said it once. But obviously it was an accident for THEM and not me. im happy with who i am. i just dont like or respect them that much for hurting me. i cant live avoiding my parents. i mean i dont live with them. they seem normal and 'better' now, it just doesnt reverse the pain they caused. They didnt do alot of stuff normal parents would do, like go to my graduation ceremonies at highschool and stuff. thats not even the worst things, but its just easy to be reminded of things they didnt do when i see it over and over in normal families that do do normal stuff with their children. I'm still angry at my parents, i wont be really finished until they hear my hurt. im just going to keep asking questions till i get some answers. ive talked to a councellor before. its more painful digging up the past than it is to face the present. i just want my parents to be able to face up to how they were, not just forget it, because they affected my life.
@skaterx (530)
• Finland
1 Jun 10
I'm going to really ask my dad soon, because im not going to be able to see him until he answers up to what he did. Ive told these things to my mom, but she sometimes is silent or sometimes snaps. but yeah, i am working on it. thanks for contributing to this conversation with ur thoughts :)
@TheAdvocate (2392)
• Philippines
4 Jun 10
I think that was a horrible thing to say to your own child. No matter how they come to you, a child is always a blessing. It makes me appreciate my mother because I hear her tell people that her greatest blessing is her children all the time despite the fact that she is separated from my father. I have had a lot of fights with my mother, but she has never told me that she wished I were not born. My mother is not perfect but you just made me appreciate her now. I hope that you can sort out your problem with your mother soon. Blood is thicker than water and despite your differences, you will have to live with for the rest of your life. As Palmer in NCIS once said "you can pick your nose, but not your relatives." :-)
@skaterx (530)
• Finland
4 Jun 10
Im not sure anymore if she said maybe it would be better if i wasnt born, because she miscarried her first child and she wouldnt have had me if she had the first one and my brother. but anyway the part about accident she did say. and thats a stupid thing to say. its her own accident then, not mind. whatever accident it was. its hurtful to say that. yeah i unfortunately cant pick my relatives, and picking my nose wont do much good. thats how live goes. Actually i have nice relatives, on both my mom and dad's side. its only my close family members that are crazy!
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
1 Jun 10
skaterx this happens a lot more than you think my own father said that to me when I tried to tell him the nose drops he had made for my little sister hurt our noses so much, and he got so angry at me. later he apologized but for a man who molested me at age8 he had not a leg to st and on. I never ever let myself be along in the house with him. it would not happen again. I detested him and the ground he walked on. he was a hypocrite for sure. He was the town doctor ergeo all thought him a hero no way.
@skaterx (530)
• Finland
1 Jun 10
That's really terrible. Actually my dad also touched me inappropriately once, and then i started avoiding him ever since then, because i was so scared he would do something worse. and he was always so angry at everyone. he acted controlling and dominating like everyone else should be silenced. I think thats why i am so bitter against both my parents sometimes, all the pain they caused in different ways. that accumulates. and the way my mom never really defended me. she also suffered silently but made me suffer too. but she also left me alone at home and other kinds of neglect. just the emotional scarring is hard to bear. its so easy for someone to say move on when they havent been through the same stuff. when i open up my feelings and memories, the truth is it happened, even if they act like its past. its not justice when other people make you suffer and just try to forget about it. I want them to know i hurt, because of them, because thats only the truth. I went through so much pain because of them, I continue to go through so much pain because of them. its because didnt have the ability to leave as a child, i was vulnerable then and there was noone there to protect me. they should have been the ones caring for me and nurturing me, yet they hurt and put me through so much abuse. its only honest if i feel pain. On the other hand, its very time and energy consuming feeling bad or hurt or angry. i just try to appreciate the nice parts in life. but it always feels a bit sad looking at the happy childhood of other people, or even parts of mine that were happy, because it was so rare in comparison to the daily pain i was going through.
@will_win (222)
• India
26 Jul 10
Ya i think it's horrible thing to say on her own child and i know how you feel because i had an experienced.I think they are not the one who decide to bring on these earth........God are the main one who decides.........so don't care what she says, you just focused on your future and enjoy the present.........good luck
@will_win (222)
• India
26 Jul 10
Ya its a horrible thing to say to her own child.Even my mother said to me when i was young because my parent were divorced, but i forgive her what she had said to me is out off frustration.I know how you feel but don't care what she says,don't feel down, you need to focused on your future and enjoy the present.............
@krnavtr (285)
• India
29 Jul 10
When i was about to be out from mother's womb,my mom was about to die.most of the neighbors told let the child die and save the mother.Later on both of us were safe.By this age when i see that neighbor i get hurt why they had to tell such to me as its not their responsible. Other than this,no one told me i wish you were not born and so on...till date.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
16 Jun 10
Hi, skaterx. No, I have never been told this, but sometimes, I feel like I have been told this. If your mom said this to you, then this was very horrible, being that she was the only woman/mother to have birthed you. I am very sorry about this. I really am. Pray and ask God to give you healing over your pain. I hope that things will get so much better for you.
• Philippines
2 Jun 10
yes. it is horrible. :( they're wishing that you never exist. but don't let those words bring you down. God gave you this life to live in and nobody can't take it away from you except him. everybody has the right to live and you do too. :) enjoy what you have now and live life to the fullest. happy mylotting! :)