This is something I've often thought about. I have some remarkably clear recollections of suddenly realizing that what passed for 'normal' was anything but! Growing up with a parent who is a 'text-book anti-social personality' is horribly stressful - that doesn't even begin to cover it*- and it is something one continues to deal with all their life, but what is worse is having to come to terms with the anger and resentment that one feels for the parent who stayed and subjected the child/children to such a toxic, cruel, potentially dangerous situation.