I can’t immediately think of any instances of being hurt deeply and/or repeatedly by someone in my childhood. I’ll have to really put some thought into that for awhile. My mother passed away when I was prepubescent (12 years old), so I was raised by my father alongside my younger brother. Her death was certainly painful, but I wasn’t so much hurt BY my mother as just by grieving over the loss of her presence. I do feel some separation anxiety as a result – always trying to please everyone so that they don’t leave me. I’m told this is a result of my mother’s passing at the age that I was, but maybe it also has something to do with my anger issues? I will think long and hard about this one. Thank you for the input. 🙂