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Short Story / Memoir

December 04, 2022

Reads: 315

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: abuse, family, dysfunctional, gaslight, metoo

"Battles" is about the struggles of the main characters in the story. Each of them go through a very sickening, saddening, dark struggle and it feels like they aren't even alive, they feel dead in some shape or form. This script has heroes and villains, and whether you are… Read More

Tags: family, betrayal, dysfunctional, intense, messed-up

Emm, 25 and unemployed, wakes up to a disaster. Her family is very dysfunctional, and their antics are on full display. So she decides to go on a road trip and forge out a new life for herself. Read More

Tags: love, family, dysfunctional, guilt

A vent for my anger at current situations. Read More

Tags: love, family, anger, hate, fear, dysfunction, dysfunctional, protection, mental_health

Author, Amanda Farmer, shares the story of her family's relocation to Minnesota, from Pennsylvania, and the subsequent challenges they face as farmers, a family, and Mennonites. This memoir chronicles the years of struggle as Amanda and her younger brother Joseph seek to escape their father's suffocating and controlling behavior. Read More

Tags: family, god, father, memoir, work, dysfunctional, daughter, courage, farm, resilience, patriarchal, mennonite, minnestoa

Short Story / Memoir

January 20, 2015

Reads: 1168

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

A short story about a mothers anger and the effect on the child. I know this is in memoir, but this incident is only based on an event in my early childhood, so not everything is completely factual. So the child in the story isn't really me.. Just based on… Read More

Tags: child_abuse, anger, violence, child, mother, fear, dysfunctional

Simi's world came crashing down when her father joined a new club. Will she ever be able to escape what she fears the most, her future self? Read More

Tags: family, anger, hate, betrayal, crime, dysfunctional, blackheart, domesticviolence, youngteen, motherslove

A story about a big sister, who would move mountains to make her little brother happy, while dealing with parents who didn't really care. Read More

Tags: love, brother, sad, broken, fighting, dysfunctional, parents, divorce, kind, neglect, protect, sister, siblings, custody

In March, 1995 an emergency room doctor told Dad he only had twelve hours to live if he did not have his leg amputated. He refused to have the surgery. As my sisters and I sat helplessly in the waiting room at Cook County Hospital pondering his fate I could… Read More

Tags: poetry, prose, memoir, anecdotes, comedy, dysfunctional, alcoholism, wisdom, alcoholic, short_stories, dysfunctional_family, coa, dysfunctional_families, alcoholic_father, acoa

The dirtball from the wrong side of the track, Harry meets a pretty young waitress at a local pizza joint. She fell in love with this bad boy and everyone - including all the jocks, would love to see them break up. After closing down the pizza place, they are… Read More

Tags: family, teen, life, murder, boy, suspense, dysfunctional, bad, real, harsh, situations

Daily writing for a college English class. Read More

Tags: love, family, relationships, hate, dysfunctional, tough-choices

At what point do you know your marriage is over? At what point do you decide to leave? In this story, a man loves his wife very much, but she seems to no longer love him. Yet he just can't let go. It is a touching story of lasting love,… Read More

Tags: love, death, cutter, ghost, heartache, relationship, spiritual, dysfunctional, cutting, bittersweet, drug_abuse, break-up, afterlife, self-harm

Raising children today can be most disquieting and disconcerting. There are some most important to-dos and not-to-does that, if heeded and put into practice, can be of tremendous help to parents in helping their children grow into responsible and dependable adults. Read More

Tags: language, food, life, reading, home, trust, grief, child, spiritual, broken, truth, frustration, money, living, dysfunctional

Poem / Poetry

October 08, 2013

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Tags: depression, family, vicious, dysfunctional, cycles

This is a somewhat fact and fiction based account of my life growing up in a dysfunctional family. I believe many will relate to the experiences shared with the only difference being the intensity of what they personally went through. I am seeking feedback on relevance, style and ability to… Read More

Tags: dysfunctional, challenges, families, overcoming

About a girl dreaming of escaping the fake happy facade her family plays. Read More

Tags: family, pain, lost, alone, sad, fake, sadness, lie, depressed, angry, dysfunctional, escape, trapped

Poem / Other

May 09, 2013

Reads: 801

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is a poem I wrote when I was with someone I really liked but knew it was time to let go. Then 2 months lately they commited suicide. A lot of emotion put into this one. Read More

Tags: love, relationship, suicide, obsession, dysfunctional, blood, knife, cynical, heartbroken, worried, abusive

Book / Other

March 10, 2013

Reads: 329

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

What I am posting here is something that is an extremely rough draft of what I am currently working on in my free time. No proofreading, editing, revising has taken place and I type this when I am bored, have free time, feel inspired or working on going to sleep.… Read More

Tags: fiction, dysfunctional, revenge, treason, flawed, genetic_mutation

“The Love of a Mother - A Daughter's Story” is an emotional story of a young girl and her need for acceptance and love from her mother.Will she ever receive it? As a first-time author, Emily Hawk shares her story to encourage other young people to stay true to their… Read More

Tags: abuse, relationship, memoir, dysfunctional, neglect

A collection of short stories containing(as the might have possibly suggested;P) the misadventures of a dysfunctional family, including the family members: Steve, Petunia, Eliza, Catty, Issac, Antonio, and Luna Seil. Read More

Tags: family, dysfunctional, luna, antonio, misadventure, steve, eliza, isaac, petunia, catty, seil

this is about my girlfriend and how I never really feel love from her. we've been together three years and things really have been changing. Read More

Tags: love, loss, death, life, despair, hate, loneliness, die, fun, live, dysfunctional, bad, stupid, failure, smart

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Tags: love, death, romance, life, pain, betrayal, dysfunctional, kidnapping, reckless

Poem / Poetry

April 13, 2012

Reads: 479

Comments: 7

The Booksie Classic House

Push me, pull me, make me feel alive, this anguish is what makes us thrive Read More

Tags: romance, fight, break, lust, lover, fighting, dysfunctional

Short Story / Literary Fiction

August 08, 2011

Reads: 1241

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

When James is the only surviving brother after the end of the war in Vietnam he finds himself unable to go to his two brothers' graves. His son then persuades him to and he reluctantly concurs. Through out his journey to the cemetery James begins to reminisce with himself about… Read More

Tags: love, loss, death, family, military, war, murder, vietnam, dysfunctional, forgiveness, remorse, brothers, kin

Poem / Poetry

August 04, 2011

Reads: 816

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A poem originally posted by me here; http://figment.com/books/110449-Lemons-Speaking-Out (chapter 3). Read More

Tags: death, poetry, life, sadness, dysfunctional

Poem / Romance

June 02, 2011

Reads: 636

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

a messed up love poem Read More

Tags: love, poem, hell, dysfunctional, messed, miguel, nixom, 334, sosa

Poem / Romance

February 25, 2011

Reads: 658

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

It's about a dysfunctional, abusive relationship - we all get a chance to have those... In this particular one, the pain goes both ways. . . Read on, and comment :) This is for Unknown Girl's contest :) "Killing me slowly" `Won 3rd place` Read More

Tags: love, romance, sad, relationship, dysfunctional, abusive

Greer falls for Jack but he's what's known as 'the caretaker' in his dysfunctional family. The newly qualified pharmacist tries to figure out how to grab Jack, who appears to be as normally adjusted as she is, and remove him from his scary family. If Jack doesn't agree to this… Read More

Tags: scary, cruise, sex, dysfunctional, escape, attraction, reunion, motel, romanace, strategies

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