Dear Teddy,
If as a child, something stuck in your memory as abnormal...then it probably was something abnormal.
Please trust your gut feeling and work with your therapist.
Pls stop comparing pain!! If you are hurt...
you are hurt. To say that your pain is insignificant is like telling someone who has had a fracture...that their pain is insignificant....since broken bones hurt more.
A person's wounds may be big, or small....but the wound is still there!
Work with your therapist. Good luck!!