When you start emotionally disconnecting from your own mother, despite worrying excessively about her cognitive decline, and feel like other people are more like family.

I mean upon reflecting I got my a** beat, I got threatened to be taken to social services, I never got told I’m proud of you very often, I never got to know my own father. I never felt anyone protected me, stood up for me when my own flesh and blood put their hands on me. I was always yelled at for defending myself! I know at times my childhood adhd must have been overwhelming but at times, I know I deserved better treatment…