Originally Posted by bikewench
an altered baseline tolerance for abuse
Wow, just wow. That phrase says a lot. It's worth remembering that the patterns we observed in childhood can play a big part in how we live our adult lives. If we let them. That's the key, if we let them. We have choices to make. We don't have to be stale summer reruns of what our parents did. In fact, it's much better if we carve out new and brighter ways to live our lives. I'm still a work in progress on that one.