Bad parents

Sometimes people are born with bad parents. It could be argued that once you're 18, you're on your own, but as a 23-year-old, my mother and father decided to lock me up in a mental institution.

This had a profound affect on the rest of my life, and essentially stole the life I had going for me.

They are hard-core strict, and my mother is dead now, so the hatred that I have for her will never be felt. My father is still around, but I do not have ties with him.

They are simply awful people. I had never heard of the term "bipolar" before I was committed, but now, and for the past several decades, it seems to be the focus of my life. I can't get out of the system. Once you are in the mental health system, there is no escaping.

I wish I had never tried to rely on my parents at 23. I wish I had better parents. They did the same thing to my sister when she was a teenager (drug her). They have both been alcoholics my entire life, and I have suffered abuse from both of them. The abuse I can get past, because that is common, but the approach of repeatedly committing your child and dooming them to a life of psychiatric treatment is abhorrent.