Estranged Adult trying to forgive her father.
First of all i'm sorry if im rambling. Everytime i think about this i spiral. I dont even know if its justified for me to feel like i was abused sometimes.
In my experience i was always a parentified child. Our dad was a alcoholic cheater. His image was everything for him. He was the most wealthy man in our family and took advantage of that. He would go party while leaving my half siblings and their mom at home without food or anything. Their mom was sick so she couldnt provide.
He did horrible things to my mother. Cheated with her bestfriend which resulted in my halfsiblings being born. My mom was hated by the whole neighborhood due to my fathers status. So bad that she ended up in a mental institution for a while. After that my mom decided to move to the ghetto with me and my brothers and leave everything behind. So we barely saw our father. If we did i was always the one that would get abused.
My half sister and i were born 18 days apart. She really had two faces to her. She would do things outside of the house like dating reckless men but i would get blamed for it. She would accidentally cause a fire while cooking and i would get called and scolded. She would miss school and not get her diploma and when i would graduate i would get told ''yeah but did your sister tho?''. We both could be eating out of my fathers plate and she would get praised while i would get called disgustingly disrespectful by the family members seeing us do it. And these are just a few examples. Everytime i would visit my dad would drive us. In the car he would praise how beautiful i was and how nice my hair was. But as soon as we reached her frontdoor he would change and tell me to wear my hair in a bun and dont talk about it.
And while i got blamed she would just stand there and watch me. But behind close doors she would cry about how bad our life was. When i would explode and rage defend myself she would act scared etc etc. When i got sewerslidal and had to go to a institution she told me ''then stop taking all the blame''. I told her then start taking accountability for your faults yourself. The list goes on. After a while i felt like i had to constantly check her so she wouldnt make missteps cause if she did, i would get blamed for it. I even landed in juvi due to this.
Im not gonna lie, at first i just took it all and even leaned into the role i was placed in. Thinking it was normal But I eventually became a exiled child due to this, since i never stopped speaking up against the narcissistic family dynamic when i realized it wasnt normal. No matter how much i tried to make her see how abusive our family was, she didnt believe me. She just started resenting me and i started resenting her.
My father tried to reach out to me multiple times but i chose to stay no contact. He now suddenly speaks about how much he loved me and how he is proud of the life i've made for myself.
I'm wondering if someone has more insight cause this is keeping me stuck for years, even during therapy. I dont wanna go around blaming the wrong person or not taking accountability.