oh what a thread! EJ mine is pretty simple really. my mom was not a nice person. not to me anyway. I had it pretty rough but not sure it caused me anxiety later in life. I really feel my mom had some unknown at the time mental illness. if she could not control any given situation she would blow her stack. she tried suicide a few times and always blamed me. even when I wasn't around. mostly I felt unloved by her. My dad was and is a very wonderful loving dad.