tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270583483511448533.post8030287896015214331..comments2023-04-06T09:47:40.030-04:00Comments on OUR FORUM: Never really one of them…..Daughters and Sonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613692065398434046noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270583483511448533.post-86808863999806898772013-05-25T22:50:54.342-04:002013-05-25T22:50:54.342-04:00I was so excited to find this blog and read your p...I was so excited to find this blog and read your post at the top of it. I, too, have always felt completely out of the loop, as if I've lived my life on the outside looking inward at some party that I wasn't invited to. Both of my parents have untreated mental illnesses, and I am an only child. I grew up completely isolated from any extended family and became severely depressed myself as a teen, thinking and being told by them that I was the problem and I was the one to blame. It's no wonder now, years later, that I feel so sad for the child I once was, lonely, self-loathing and angry at the world.<br /><br />And it certainly doesn't make you or anyone who has had to live this way a freak. It's a horrible situation and unfortunate that children have to sacrifice their childhood and a huge part of themselves to something that they don't understand (or even know is wrong at the time).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com