A Nigerian woman has spoken out about the psychological effects of growing up in what she called a toxic family, claiming that people frequently don’t comprehend what it’s like for those who come from difficult homes.

The woman blasted those who think that everyone has a loving and caring family just because they had good experiences with their own parents in an online video.

Living in a toxic family can be quite traumatising, the woman said, adding that those from excellent households shouldn’t discount other people’s experiences.

“So, nobody talks about how traumatising it is to be in a toxic family. Nobody talks about it. Now if person come outside to talk una go dey do good children, ehn my daddy is this, shut the f**k up,” she said.

She asked those who have loving parents to recognise that others may have experienced entirely different things at home.

“Please, shut the f**k up because say your papa good, no be say other people papa good,” she added.

The woman continued by recounting some of the incidents she claimed to have encountered, such as being intimidated and purportedly driven from the property.

“Imagine you being on your own, being threatened, I will just chase you out,” she said.

Additionally, she said that some youngsters may turn to prostitution as a result of their experiences at home, connecting toxic family circumstances to certain young people’s inclinations to engage in dubious means of survival.

“No be this type of toxic family dey make children dey do hookup,” she stated.

The woman claimed that although she had made the decision to work and support herself, she was nonetheless harassed by family members.

“Okay, I decided to work. You are still after my life,” she said.

She also described an alleged altercation in which she was accused of refusing to meet a family member at a specific location and was battered.

“You kor even if they beat me, dey talk, say, you call me, I no come meet you for where you dey,” she said.

The woman further said that after being told to kneel, the altercation intensified.

“Hin kor start to dey… hin first tell me make I go kneel down. I never even waka reach where I talk say make I kneel down. You kor start to dey slap me based on say you don mean me,” she recounted.