Wants...your story sounds like a poster child for the 60's....really in the thick of it, and you came out okay! I admire your strength and intelligence in viewing your experiences! I was so naive and yet tried to fit in...never really did, believing in love too much, and ultimately experiencing how cold and unloving, selfish, people were behaving...at least in my exp.
It was a "me" generation. My parents even commented once that Dr. Spock (child psychologist of the 50's) had created the monster children we became. Whatever...
Anyway, thanks, Wants, for sharing your experience, much more intense than mine, and you've come out okay. I'll get past thinking about this shortly!
Love
Patty