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My father has Huntington’s and it has been very hard on my mother, sister and me. His personality is so controlling, it is like living under a dictator. He controlled every aspect of our lives, from who we could talk to, listening to our phone calls, and even opening our mail. He expects perfection from me, and it is so hard because nothing I do seems good enough for him. We had to run away several time because he was abusive. We had to go back every time though because he can not care for himself. It is so hard to watch him deteriorate before me eyes and to have to care for him after all that he has done to me and my mother and sister. I have a hard time remembering at times that he does love me (he is usually yelling at me or my mother telling us how stupid we are and how we can never do anything right.) Now I am at college, but I still feel like he is controlling my life. I am scared to be tested because if it comes back positive, I don’t know if I could handle it. I feel so very alone here; all the people who supported me for so long are back in my home state and I have not found a good support system here because no one seems to know what is it like to live with this godawful disease.
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