When you've experienced the bad side of how people can be it's hard not to think that most people are probably like that too. So you worry about other kids you see that age because their families might be like yours. My family was dysfunctional in another way, and it was surprising to find out what other families, normal families, are like. And then I wanted to belong to one of those other, healthy, families but I didn't. You have to create your own healthy family, but that's not so easy when you haven't experienced it. Functional families do exist though, and you can create a functional family, starting with yourself and by surrounding yourself with people who have the same goal.

Hmm, I'm not sure where all of that came from. Just some thoughts I guess that were sparked by your post. I hope that it helps you, and I'm sorry for all that you went through. I guess my point is that I want you to have hope for yourself and for those kids that you know who are the age that you were. It's never too late.

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