TeaK! I’m sorry I wasn’t paying enough attention to who replied! My fault for doing this at work lol.

You’re absolutely right about food being a forbidden pleasure.

As far as my mother goes, she was probably the least critical adult family member in my life. While I have always had the most love & appreciation for her I never actually had a very close relationship with her, until the past couple of years. She was always there for me ya know, but I never really “needed” any emotional support so I don’t think I received it.  I don’t know, hard to explain I guess I would say I had a fear of everything for a long time, I was very not open about things that I felt or thought. This has carried into my adulthood but not as severe.

There is one instance that occurred while I was in high school that did leave me feeling a little indifferent and not supported by my mother. I had an appointment with my primary doctor when I was 16, where I expressed to my doctor that I was experiencing a lot of anxiety and would be interested in receiving any kind of help for that. My mother essentially brushed this off when my doctor relayed this information to her, and asked me if I really needed help.