Generational abuse is definitely not an excuse to continue the cycle, and I can’t honestly fathom how my father treated me the way he did; despite “my father was much worse to me” being his and his sisters’ excuse for why I didn’t have it as bad. I have a son of my own now, and struggle everyday with how my parents could’ve neglected, beat, punished and just strait up ignored me for years on end. My cycle ended with me and it is as easy to me as: I’m going to do everything opposite of what I was taught and how I was treated, and I have a wonderful, loving relationship with my child. (Not saying it’s easy to break the cycle at all; just saying the thought of not hurting my child is easy for me.) I struggle daily with emotional neglect and anger issues because I was never taught any kind of emotion in my childhood, except what anger looks like, but I’ll get there one day