Hi Mouse, sounds like you made a great leap forward in your therapy. I always feel like therapy is going nowhere then, something like this happens to me and I realize just how much progress I have made. I don't offer pity when I say I am sorry you had to endure that as a child...I offer compassion and understanding. My situation was a little different-- I was the girl living with my father and 2 brothers. They all hated women and nothing I did was ever right or good enough. You really sound like you are very insightful considering your therapy. Keep on working it....