Bad Childhood

My mother passed away unexpectedly, and I sank into a deep depression. I broke down, and told my husband how growing up, my brother was my mom’s favorite, and although I was a “daddy’s...

Bad Childhood

The older she gets, the more Erika wishes she had a better relationship with her mother.

Bad Childhood

Joann wonders if her current problems stem from the attempted molestation she experienced as a child.

Bad Childhood

I am the daughter of a teenage single mom. My father and mother were never really together after I was born, and my mom remarried twice. The last marriage “took,” because she found a man...

Bad Childhood

Why is Renee still trying to maintain a relationship with the parents who physically abused her?

Bad Childhood

Colleen believes the neglect she experienced as a child has caused her to be a compulsive accumulator of things.

Bad Childhood

My mother was diagnosed with many mental illnesses. Her rages were unprecedented. She was extremely violent, suicidal and frequently had fantasies about critically harming her children....

Bad Childhood

Even though Maurice was adopted as a teen by a loving and supportive family, he finds himself acting more like his biological parents and jeopardizing his future.

Bad Childhood

Is it wrong of Sharon to hide from her stepbrother the truth about why her mom divorced his father?