'Oh Eun-young report: family hell' featured an attacking second daughter and a family defending themselves, the 'attack-and-defense family' appeared.
On the broadcast on the 23rd, MBC's 'Oh Eun-young report: family hell' revealed the precarious daily life of a youngest daughter who turns aggressively violent over trivial matters and family members who live in fearful silence, watching her every move. 'Family hell' is a New Year special project that highlights family problems that cause deeper wounds because of close relationships, and it sequentially covers the stories of five families. Among them, the second family, the 'attack-and-defense family,' delivered a shock to viewers with conflicts that were racing toward catastrophe.
From the beginning of the broadcast, the second daughter unleashed relentless verbal abuse at family members and showed that she did not even engage in ordinary conversation. Although the person who reported the story said the family members were blaming each other, she reacted angrily to her mother's suggestion to go hiking, saying, "You say you'll live by cutting our hearts with a knife, so why are you putting on a show now?" which froze the studio. The mother said she was even afraid to open the daughter's visits, hinting at the family's deep conflict.
The father released an audio recording containing the second daughter's verbal abuse. It included circumstances in which she hurled insults at family members, assaulted her older sister and even spat harsh words at the police who arrived. The father said, "My daughter is becoming more violent. I need to have evidence because I don't know what might happen." The youngest daughter also said she installed a CCTV in the living room, saying she would film the family's behavior and use it in counseling.
The father believed the second daughter had borderline personality disorder. He said a doctor prescribed medication to help regulate emotions, but the daughter did not take it at all. He also revealed that one counselor even handed him a note with contact information for a hospital that could arrange involuntary commitment. The father lamented, "We have to live too, and since it can't be solved, I think she should be hospitalized. If possible, we should also arrange the family register." But the second daughter's position differed. She said, "My parents were never there for me when I was struggling. After I shut my heart toward the family, I think I deliberately spoke more aggressively."
The second daughter had not had a real conversation with the family for a long time. After the production team's persuasion, the four members of the 'attack-and-defense family' gathered in one place. There, the second daughter revealed that when she was in her early 20s and was sexually assaulted by a man at work, her father told her, "If you had behaved properly, that wouldn't have happened. It's your fault." Even as she mentioned the incident that remained a trauma, the father shocked viewers by continuing to grill meat and asking the older daughter to hand him vegetables, among other behaviors.
Dr. Oh Eun-young diagnosed, "Hospitalization would not help the second daughter. Borderline personality disorder does not mean someone who is easily angry and sensitive; it refers to someone with extreme inner pain. The second daughter responds stably and reasonably with people outside the family. If the problem occurs only with the family, the answer is within that family." She then pointed out the gap in the level of pain between the family and the second daughter regarding the wounding incident, suggesting it may have accumulated into deep sorrow. In particular, she sharply asked about the father's habit of repeatedly diverting the essence of the conversation, "Do you always talk like this?" which drew attention.
In the preview released at the end of the broadcast, the second daughter continued a shocking confession: "I was beaten a lot by my father. There was a time I was beaten so badly that flesh came off and I bled." In addition, footage was captured of her spending time affectionately with another middle-aged couple who were not her parents, arousing curiosity about their identity and story.
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