My mother had MS and was also an alcoholic. So I didn't have as stable a childhood as all that, though my dad did do everything he could to make things safe. I was also sexually assaulted when I was about 8, I remember very little about the event but more about my mother's reaction as she implied it was my fault as I should have known there was something wrong and left before anything could happen. I had no close friends through most of my childhood, and was bullied - perhaps because I tended to be quiet and withdrawn. That didn't help.
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