Hi Rainbow,

People who grow up in families where there are addictions 'can' develop distorted and dysfunctional ways of communicating with others, etc. This can then be passed onto their children through the way that they interact with them. To get an idea of what I'm talking about, you can find out more by looking up adult children of alcoholics. Often, a lot of the problems centre around the need to control things, people, etc. Whilst a person's parents may not have an obvious addiction as such, their own upbringing in a family with addiction can subtly play out in their parenting. I have seen this firsthand.

I think this 'may' be important because it could give you a possible insight into you. You mention a number of times in your various threads 'addiction' - is your T experienced in this area - some are/some aren't.

Thanks