I remember my mom punching through a window once and slicing her hand up. another time, she was going to take us to the beach (i wonder if she was actually attempting to leave my father) and my father said he would "smash her car with a sledgehammer" if she left. she was crying at the time. 

She did talk about leaving him with me after that, which made me really worried. I remember being really clingy with my mother while talking to her. im pretty sure i started crying. Other than that, I was never really clingy with her. I was actually a really independent child, I wouldn't even let my parents teach me how to ride a bike because I wanted to learn it myself. 

I think all of this might be why I get clingy with people after we argue. Maybe it reminds me of that. It was hard to deal with because I thought the yelling was just a thing they did. I didn't realize they were ever thinking about separating,so it was a shock to hear.

They did stop yelling eventually but I think it's because they completely stopped communicating so they didn't trigger eachother.
