From time to time I tweet about how utterly awful and loveless my mother was (my dad stood by and let her be so cruel). I do this because for 45 years or so of my life I thought it was me. That I must have been unloveable. I felt ashamed so I never discussed it much. Then...1/3 https://twitter.com/DrJenGunter/status/1245932448942133249

...about 8 or so yrs ago I tweeted about something typically cruel that she said and oh my God the flood of replies from people telling me they had the exact same nightmare of a mother. The realization that is wasn't me, it was her. For this reason I will always love twitter 2/3

Knowing you are not alone is very powerful medicine 3/3