Wow! Open Eyes, I am so grateful that you took the time and responded in such a touching and personal way. I am not a pity me type of person but I don't mind putting out what I am going through.

My problem is I WANT to trust people. I want the kind of life now that I never knew as a child. Now I'm going to tell you something that you're going to ask is WTF? But just hear me out. My son that this has happened to is now living with my mom and stepdad ONLY because I did not want him going to the school district we love in. He's only 10 minutes away and I get him every chance I get. The house isn't all the same that I grew up in. There is no physical abuse, then only thing we have to deal with is my parents sometimes bad mouth me in front of my son...THAT angers me. We can't confront them because they could kick him out and he loves his school so much and he's doing so great with his grades also. I don't think my mom understands just how serious the situation is.

As far as trusting people, my two boys my daughter and husband are the only ones I could even trust 100%. This women has taken a large part of my trust, as did my mom (she should've protected me).

In all reality I can make friends easily. I am myself most of the time, when I'm not at work. I am in a professional environment so I really try to keep myself contained. I have no triggers for anger or sadness at work so I really think that helps. I just wish I was working more the 2 days a week