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Old Sep 23, 2009, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueMoon6 View Post
First dear Pachy, Im so sorry you had to go through what you did as a child. You did not deserve such treatment and to be in such a scary situation. My mother was very much the same. You had to react fast and without feeling or you were dead meat. Hiding was the usual thing I did. I ran and hid. She was in control.
Trying to hide was also dangerous in my family. It would enrage my mother if she thought we were trying to run away, since it was obviously some kind of reflection on her or abandonment of her.
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