And I wish you didn't understand either. I wish no-one understood if that makes sense, because it's a horrible place to be. Surprisingly, she is fairly well balanced, but has only just really hit her teenage hormone ridden years, and the worst could yet to come. We will speak to our GP about some more professional counselling for her. She is having counselling at school, weekly, which she says helps (as an addition to a previous post saying I was questioning the quality of the counselling - she told her counsellor she'd written to her mother to stop all contact and the counsellor told her she was proud of her for being so brave, so I take it all back!). Unfortunately the organisation which I really believe could help her, Al-Ateen is virtually non-existent now in this country.
I am truly sorry for what you have experienced Gerry. No person should ever feel like their mother doesn't care for them :ghug3