Setbacks

Well, I've been in therapy dealing with problems arising from being an ACOA for almost 2 years now. I really did think that things had improved-that I had forgiven, although not forgotten, the hurt my mother's alcoholism and my father's incomprehensible decision to leave me and my sister in that environment after he and my mother divorced caused me. Lately, however, the old hurt and anger has resurfaced.

I have defiantely made progress-I moved into my own place in November and I have an interview for work with a library coming up-those things would have given me a breakdown 2 years ago. But they've also brought up issues that I thought had been dealt with.

My therapist believes that being in my own place (and the many practical problems with the house that have cropped up whilst I've been here) have reignited the feelings I had as a child when I was basically forced to look after myself. As an adult, I really haven't done that before.

I'm just trying to deal with feeling like a little kid in an adult's world right now!

EDIT:

Luckily, this seemed to be a temporary setback and I'm feeling better now I'm still a kid in an adult's world at heart but at least I'm moving forward!