How My Emotional Breakdown Was the Wake-Up Call

I had a toxic relationship with my parents as my father physically abused, while my mother mentally and emotionally abused me.
As I got older, I began to realize that my family was only repeating the behaviors they experienced as a child themselves. I woke up one day like a complete emotional mess. Heavy emotions were arising and when I was in college studied mental health and psychology….. I also had close friend who was a family therapist that I could talk to for support.
I would often feel as though my life had no purpose because at that time society didn’t recognize its disability community, and even though we have laws on the books today, they’re still not as enforced as they could be.