Dear Romeo:

You are welcome. Feeling sad for yourself, for the child that you were, so sad for your mother’s pain, so motivated to take her pain away is the beginning of your healing. It is realizing that as you cared so much for her pain, you were experiencing great pain yourself.

Healing starts with realizing it is indeed pain that you experienced all along, separate from your parents’ pain. As they were hurting so were you. And you are still hurting.

Stay with that sadness today. Don’t push it away. Do distract yourself with pleasant, healthy activities and let your new understanding sink in. Post again later, in a day, a few days and I will be glad to reply to you again.

anita