I'm going to go back and respond to everybody asap and thank you for your input, but I remember something else and I need to add it really quickly in case I forget- at one point a few years later, I suddenly had horrible stomach pain and went to the doctor and they told my parents it was stress. Parents dragged me into a room with both of them (awful), and basically went "what are you stressed about???" I think they made a few changes to our lives but essentially I was having a terrible amount of anxiety.

About that time I ended up getting very behind in some school work despite being an excellent student. I couldn't handle the stress of being in a classroom with a really nasty teacher and they actually had to transfer me to another school, where I did much better with a much kinder teacher.

I was always told I'm too sensitive, even by my psychiatrist, but suddenly I'm realizing I have had some struggles since childhood that I never remembered until now.

brb to reply to everyone