The Best Ways to Rebel Against Your Toxic and Abusive Family
Don’t let the monsters under the bed tell you what to do. Find yourself through the act of personal rebellion.
by E.B. Johnson
There is no denying the great desire for rebellion and revenge that comes with being raised in a toxic family system. Watching your abusers bully and demean you for years, you see them get away with a million tiny crimes, and it makes it hard for you to trust anyone…especially yourself.
At a certain point, most of us realize that we never want to be like that. We don’t want to become the monsters under the bed, the boogeymen in the heart of the home.
So we make changes. We make different choices. Most of us, we rebel — against everything we were taught and everything we were told.
It’s a natural desire and a natural process; the finding of one’s self after a lifetime of being denied. The problem, however, arises when you take the wrong path through rebellion. The path of self-destruction, not overcoming.
The best ways to rebel against a toxic family.
Yes, there is a difference. When we rebel, we are given a few options. The safest path is that of self-destruction…
