Dear Dani:

Seems like somehow I missed your thread, or intended to reply before but forgot to do so.

You wrote: “I know that my parents did their best to raise me”, and you wrote: “my mother verbally and psychologically abused me from the time I was a toddler”.

Upon further reflection, will you still say that indeed that was her best?

You wrote about your mother: “She was always very over protective of me”- but she didn’t protect you from herself.

You wrote: “I’ve been criticized for my cynical attitude towards life because I was provided a comfortable lifestyle by my parents”- food and clothes, toys and gifts cannot possibly compensate, not even a bit, for ongoing mistreatment. Similar to your mother calling you her “precious jewel” not compensating for her calling you and idiot and a pig.

Thank you for sharing your story so far in life, for your aim to heal and better the world.

Are you still in contact with your mother? If so, how is this relationship affecting you now?

anita