I told my mother a few days that I was normal and I wanted to be normal. She had the worst reaction ever. If my family environment was bad, now it became even worst.

Has anyone experienced this situation?

Serious topic: so pls dont delete..

More of your "jokes" I presume?

I like the way you pronounce the word "normal"

REDBABY said:

what was her reaction?

my parents, to whatever I say, give me the usual line "we just want you to be happy"

My mum obviously handles things WAY better than my dad does - he only ever acknowledged he "contributed" greatly to the way I am when he....yup, had been drinking. Since my mum has the same disorder I do (it's in part hereditary) she's had to deal with not only doing what she did to me when I was a kid but also the realisation that she passed her condition on to me. At times she's feeling really down about it I think but she won't tell me so as not to add to the way I am feeling.

To answer your question though, I haven't put it in terms of normal but I VERY OFTEN come back to this: I want my energy back, I want to function normally again. If that will ever happen I don't know but I sure am trying.

Love you, you'll be fine.