Posted by noa on February 13, 2002, at 17:19:37
In reply to Mother's milk, posted by trouble on February 12, 2002, at 22:43:29
WOW.
Thanks.
If it helps to have reality check---I think it would be incredibly hard to know what normal family life is if you grew up with such crazy (non)parenting and out and out abuse---I can tell you your childhood sounds like it was hellish. Very hellish. Crazy-making on every front.
You write well about it, too.
When you were done, the anger dissipated somewhat it seems, which in a way was frustrating, but maybe also therapeutic? When you started the writing, it seemed like you were trying to fend off incredible out of control impotent rage, triggered by what you saw on tv. And yes, I can relate to that feeling of "why couldn't there have been somebody to help me when I was a kid?"
But,even tho the wind seemed out of your sails a bit at the end, maybe the writing was just what you needed to defuse that impotent rage?
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