A psychiatrist once told me people who had a bad childhood don't even realize it.

They come into the office, and truly belive their childhood was normal.

I busted a mental gasket in graduate school, and thought Therapy would fix me.

I look back, and talking about my childhood did absolutely nothing. I was young, and very verbal too.

Just don't steal money from work to pay for the sessions. Yes--I was so young, and naieve; I really thought those pricy 50 minute sessions would cure me. I never got caught. It was a liquor store owned by the wealthiest guy in my county, so feeling bad over larceny was not a problem.

I still don't belive my childhood was the cause of my problems. My parants tried. I did feel like the only adult in the family though, but being first born I just thought that came with the birth order?