I am making a trip to my home town next month to see my family. Family in this case is limited to my eldest sister and my mother. I usually make this pilgrimage alone without my husband or children due to both logistics and also emotional reasons. It is hard for me to “go back home” because I have so many traumatic memories of my childhood and growing up. As anyone with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can tell you, going back to physical places where abuse or trauma took place can trigger a...
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