Dear greenshade:

You are welcome, always good to read from you. Regarding your mother and the co worker, both have a history of being abusive to you (your mother) and being “mocking and sarcastic” (the co worker). History, without adequate healing and learning, repeats itself. So when you evaluate who to trust and who to not trust, do consider history. If there is healing on the part of the formerly abusive/ disrespectful person, allow time and experience to determine trustworthiness, a lot of time.

I am glad you trust your therapist, as there can be no healing in therapy without trust. There are people worthy of trust.

anita