Posted by daisym on November 16, 2005, at 0:55:51
In reply to Its called DENIAL (nm), posted by muffled on November 15, 2005, at 15:14:04
I think it might be called Pain.
None of us can really know and I believe that as children we engage in magical thinking -- we believe our mothers can read our minds and just know everything. So the clues we might be leaving seem huge -- but were they really?
It is something I've absolutely agonized over. I can make strong cases on both sides, her knowing and not knowing. After all, I didn't know about my sister...
I've asked my therapist if he would have known. He said he would hope so, but it is amazing how underground these things can be.
I don't know what else to say, except perhaps to not judge too harshly. How much pain must a person be in to not see what is happening to their child?
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