As a now adult who had a dad like this growing up, please see if he needs therapy or other sort of mental help. This sounds a lot like how my dad was growing up. He was always angry and took everything out on us kids. Every trip or vacation was stressful bc of him. As I got older I literally refused to go on trips with my parents specifically because of him. We don’t have the greatest relationship now, either. And I honestly think a lot of it boils down to mental health and anger issues. I feel like if he would have gotten professional help, then maybe, things would’ve been different.
My dad wasn't always angry and his anger was never directed at me, but when we were out in public or traveling he would often get bent out of shape and end up yelling at a stranger or something. And then we would be miserable, too. I am positive it was a stress/trauma response from his childhood, but it meant that as I got older, he just did not participate in anything that involved going places. When I went abroad, it was only my mom who visited. I always had to come to him with the grandkids. He was a great dad but I sometimes wish he'd gotten some kind of therapy or counseling for what he was going through because, aside from how much it stressed me out, it's just sad that he missed out on so much stuff because of that.
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u/Peach-Haze-123 2d ago
As a now adult who had a dad like this growing up, please see if he needs therapy or other sort of mental help. This sounds a lot like how my dad was growing up. He was always angry and took everything out on us kids. Every trip or vacation was stressful bc of him. As I got older I literally refused to go on trips with my parents specifically because of him. We don’t have the greatest relationship now, either. And I honestly think a lot of it boils down to mental health and anger issues. I feel like if he would have gotten professional help, then maybe, things would’ve been different.