Thanks Susie. I am so sorry you suffered emotional abuse from a parent too, it's really under-talked about. I have written about more positive aspects of him/our relationship this past year, but I realized I was whitewashing a lot of it, so had to carve out the space for this one to just tell the unvarnished side of the worst times. I think it's important to be honest with ourselves when trying to heal from this stuff. Thanks for reading.