Lisa Magee answers “This book is disgusting to me. I do not...”

Patricia Barry asked this question about Educated:

This book is disgusting to me. I do not understand why an educated and worldly individual would have difficulty understanding the horrible and violent upbringing that she experienced. It is unbelievable to me that she could not understand the violent situation, yet uneducated upbringing she endured. I have completely misunderstood her manner of education in a life in our country, in this country, how is this possible?

Lisa Magee I can understand this and I was not even raised in a fundamentalist family. I suffered great abuse as a child "running away" at 14 (much as this autho…moreI can understand this and I was not even raised in a fundamentalist family. I suffered great abuse as a child "running away" at 14 (much as this author did at 16/17). I was disowned by my family but I still wanted a relationship with them. It was not until I was in my late 50's after suffering abuse from them even as an adult, that I finally was able to let go. It is the natural order of things that if your family is abusive whether psychological, physical or both that you believe the fault must be within yourself. You're not worthy of love, you're bad and must be punished, you're evil. Formal education has nothing to do with self-worth as seen through the child's eyes (mo matter how old you are) in a dysfunctional family.(less)

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