Question by : do these sound like illnesses or disorders or something?
nooo idea if this section is relevant..i figured disorders and stuff can be ‘disabling’? and i’m not getting many answers in mental health 😛
i’m just..really frustrated with both my parents right now. there are alot of problems with them. that’s why anything sounds rude, if it does. sorry.

my dad:
-is extremely childish.
-needs to be the center of attention..all the time.
-can NEVER be told he’s wrong.
-not actually that unintelligent, but seems totally incapable of being logical.
-didn’t really have great parents and just sort of raised himself.
-constantly irrational and very dramatic. a few months ago i just calmly told him i didn’t really care about politics when he was just gossiping about politicians for an hour and he screamed at me that i’m a rude b*tch and my life will never go anywhere. seriously.
-doesn’t read anything – he just orders stuff and signs us up for stuff and then he’s shocked to find out it’s expensive when it said so right there on the form.
-not physically violent but he takes EVERYTHING personally and gets defensive or even depressed.
-if alone with a little kid, he won’t watch them at all.
-if anybody, even a little kid is upset even if it has nothing to do with him, he won’t take care of the kid or focus on the other persons problems at all. the other person, even if it’s a kid, has to take care of him because he’ll take their being upset personally.
-makes endless excuses for why he can’t get a good job anymore when he hasn’t tried at all.

my mom:
-is just deliberately oblivious to everything.
-both can be really hateful people but she’s way more manipulative.
-idk much about her childhood. her parents sound like they were really detached too, but shes complained about them being like that but she’s so similar.
-she acts like a really nice person, but i’ve never seen any depth to it.
-she seriously ALWAYS smalltalks. it’s never serious or meaningful at all.
-she’s very protective of her kids physically but shows absolutely no interest in us at all.
-it might sound stupid but it seems like she doens’t like to think of us (our family) as real people and we’re just there to keep her company.
-literally the moment any of us (her kids) try to open up to her about anything personal she either mocks us, ignores us deliberately, or she actually gets mad.
-she’s mad at my dad for not getting a good job, but she doesn’t work at all.
-she’s mad when anything she wants done doesn’t go her way, but she refuses to do it herself.
-since i was around 10 the only serious conversations i’ve ever had with her consisted of her complaining to me about my dad and i’ve always had to sort her problems out for her. i’ve never gotten her to help me with crap.

both:
-are extremely racist, homophobic and xenophobic to the point of wishing almost all minorities dead.
-are very hypocritical.
-always gossip about everyone else’s problems and act like they’re so much better than everybody else.
-will demand apologies, and you’re a horrible b*tch if you dont apologize to them, but neither has EVER apologized about their outbursts and just act lke nothing happened.

i know it’s impossible to be thorough about this stuff on the internet but i just..need to know if there’s anything really wrong with them. i’m going crazy taking care of them, i’m 16 and way more mature than them. i’m just trying to figure out if they have problems so i can attempt to “counsel” them accordingly or whatever. they definitely won’t actually go to anybody qualified.

Best answer:

Answer by Sheen
Sounds like a bad case of religion. Talk to your doctor to see if atheism is right for you.

But yeah, doesn’t really sound like a disorder. Many people have flaws. Try to address them when they’re doing something you don’t like.

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