Can someone brought up by a psychopath overcome their upbringing through enlightenment and taking the Bible seriously from an early age?

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One can argue that simply surviving your upbringing is an act of overcoming. Children are not as helpless as popular media makes them out to be. When I was a kid I was quite capable of deception, deception is the most effective weapon anyone who is in a situation in which they don’t have any power can muster. Don’t sell yourself short.

That said, let me try to challenge your understanding of God. God does not just magically appear in your life just because you picked up a Bible. He was there for you the entire time you were growing up. Pick up a Bible because you want to understand God better, not because you need something from Him. If you need something from God, just ask Him directly.

Best way is prayer. Recite the Lord’s Prayer out loud, preferably while kneeling, with a candle lit. After you’ve recited your prayer, open your heart to God, ask Him for what you need, and wait for a response. You may not get one the first time you pray. But if you keep doing it, eventually you will.