Hi Suz,

I suggest working on the past once a week, and then letting your normal life for the rest of the week be its own healing. The more decades of normalcy and calmness you have, the more diluted the horribleness of your early beginning will be.

Or, better, create a new “birthday”. Like, my Real Life begins “HERE”, the rest didn’t count. Kind of like a do-over.

And I love the idea of creating the missed childhood! For me, that has been water parks! And comic cons! And Renaissance Festivals!

Best,

Inky