No trauma or abuse of any kind, but emotional neglect. My parents weren't very grounded emotionally and their marriage was real unstable. My childhood depression, I believe was environmental. My way of coping with all the dysfunction was to withdraw and retreat into my own private world. I spent a lot time in my room. I needed help but my parents couldn't even help themselves. They were too mired down in their own problems to see that I wasn't just a quiet, shy kid but very depressed. They were great providers with physical needs though.
They simply couldn't give me what they had never received.
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