<p>Dear Tarhunt,</p>
<p>I, too, thought your post was very moving. The thing that concerns me about it in this particular thread is that ducky, seeing the vivid descriptions of physical abuse beyond what (we think) she has been experiencing, may tend to minimize and justify what she has been going through even further, e.g
“My mother has always been quick to anger, this is her way of showing concern.”</p>
<p>My hope is that duckie will listen to AstroFan2010, a college freshman who has been there, and talk to a counselor.</p>