Dear NB:

I am sorry that you are suffering and hope you feel better soon.

Do I understand correctly: your mother emotionally and physically abused you but it is you who are feeling “profound guilt” for.. ?

I ask, but I too was abused by my mother and yet I felt terribly guilty. I believed that I caused her to get upset and abuse me.

If you  would like to, please tell me more about the ways she abused you, and about your guilt and about your anger. If you do, I will read and reply further.

anita