I had an unconventional childhood, being the oldest of 4 my parents would argue like crazy then i'd be the one trying to reason with them, listening to their crap.We never had a stable home, we were on the streets at one point and lived in a tent for 6 months.Eventually we went on the run but the police caught us & took us into care.My mum has a mental illness, she burnt her wedding dress in the garden,would scream and smash things,rock back n forth sobbing & my dad would get me to try to talk her round.I could go on and on with even more shocking things but it hurts to talk about.When i was about 10 or 11 i took an overdose of my mums pills, the first day i think i took vitamins & nothing happened so the next day i took 23 different pills & i collapsed, i was supposed to see a physciatrist at the hospital but my dad said they'd get the blame so he took me before i could speak to anyone. I always felt it was my fault that we werent normal & i still feel the pain. Before i had a baby i
2007-09-06
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