OMG. that's traumatic all right. Like just saying something your mom doesn't like deserves a literal slap in the face! Also, not even knowing the right thing to say! This is definitely a good way to learn to be afraid to trust yourself. By being hit and yelled at and told what you said was wrong! Your mind must have remembered that very strongly and no wonder you could not trust yourself. You did not know when you were going to be literally slapped down and traumatized. Endless uncertainty. *Terror*.

I went thru that, too. It probably rooted my codependency. And part of my own bpd.

Billi