Bye-Bye Daddy

I have friends who are still psychologically dealing with 'daddy' issues despite that we are now grown adults with families of our own.  I guess with Fathers' Day rolling around these latent, suppressed emotions come rolling to the surface like a dormant volcano that decides to blow.  Watch out.

Here is just a sampling of topics they are recovering from:

1.  Sexual abuse and molestation (way more common than anybody can imagine)
2.  Emotional abuse (head games designed to keep you under control and self-esteem low)
3.  Physical abuse (just in case #2 fails)
4.  Abandonment (dad just decided to disappear without word one day.  next anybody knew he had another wife and kids - repeat cycle)
5.  Alcoholism and other assorted chemical abuses and addictions.

Women often subconsciously base their entire future relationships with men based on childhood experiences with their dads.  No, I'm not a psychiatrist and I don't play one on TV and I'll stop with the Psychology Today psychobabble.  My sage advice?  Reprogramme yourselves, ladies.  It takes work and time......LOTS of it, but reprogramme, reprogramme, and reprogramme some more.  Run like hell if you find yourself getting into a relationship that mirrors your father.  You did not deserve his bullshit then, and you certainly don't deserve the continued bullshit now repackaged in another man.  You're more empowered than you think.  There ARE decent guys out there.  Lots of them.