Yagalada, I raised 2 kids with untreated bipolar and borderline personality disorders. I learned early that occasionally in order to maintain sanity I had to be alone. As my kids grew older I taught them to please understand my alone time (my title, My Alone Time) wasn't to punish them, but to protect them. I would say," I am overly sensitive and if someone says or does something that I cannot process, I may react in a way that I wouldn't another time. So I am in here (my bedroom) not because you are doing anything wrong. But because I know I might". I wish so much I had respected my diagnosis and sought the professional care and medication I needed. Its my guess that alone time is very - very common for parents.

Best of luck to us all, and thank you so much for all the responses everyone. I am going to share this with my Dr.