Hmmm, Ygrec. I guess some folks do behave differently on PC sites than in real life. That's always the risk on dating sites, for example. I see that you aren't too sure about some of the statements I made earlier about being able to overcome "strange" parenting. I agree that parenting starts at day one, and your parents definitely were unusual. So, it could very well be that you might have some problems with very subtle social skills such as appropriate non-verbal behavior. However, that's something, too, that your therapist can monitor and help you with. I honestly can't say that you will be able to correct all the quirks that your parents taught you, but much can be done, if you remain hopeful and keep at it.

I'd like to think that I'm pretty much "me" here. I have to keep some of myself under wraps in real life. It's risky, I've discovered, to go around blabbing to everybody that I have a mental illness!

I know I still have work to do. My first therapist, over 25 years ago, acknowledged that other people would see me as "strange." Two therapists back, the therapist got the idea that I was a therapist myself! (Is that a compliment? Ha) Use whatever time you have left. You will get better!