Obviously I don’t know your individual experience; but what I’m bringing up is a question. I wonder if it’s fair to say that person turned their situation on you. As in, was it conscious and intentional, or is it spontaneous reactive behavior?
I was just chatting with another (female) friend. She was raised with an alcoholic mother who has an abusive boyfriend. My friend turned out pretty ok, honestly. But she’s a single mom, has ended up in abusive relationships herself, is a high school dropout. If you ask her why she chose to drop out, she’ll explain her thought process and why she made the decision. But statistically, people raised like her end up making the same decisions she made. How conscious is it really, I wonder?