Thanks for sharing this.

I also had a very.... unsupportive.. mother. Although its much more complicated than that.

I have also experienced very sub optimal.... at best... therapy.

''I forgive myself for not being able to forgive''...

I mentioned forgiveness lately somewhere else and one reply said how ''forgiveness'' as a concept can be weaponized at times (or something similar to that). Some things.... would be ''difficult'' for many people to forgive