My mother has been fakely positive. I have plenty to be traumatized by but I've never gotten into it with a therapist. My last therapist sent me to AA meetings (never went) because my dad is an alcoholic and has been at least since I was 11. I wanted to discuss it with my therapist not other adult children and the ACOA board here on PC is slower than molasses in January. So I bounce things off my friends and take what they say with a grain of sand. Part of being an adult child is guessing at what is normal. That is why I need my friends so they can tell me what is normal. Thing is, I know there are memories that are burried deep because there are those on the surface that I don't want to see. Not only my mom but my dad and my dad's dad- all I wanted to scream at - and did!

Anyway just had to have a vent and blab a bit about my memories. I do have some .

Anyway that's my 2 cents. Can anyone relate?