Information and opinions on health from niki lawless at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/634528/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/634528/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/634528/index http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/634528/70008/frustrating Wed, 06 May 2009 22:04:48 -0400 niki lawless I have been miserable since I was about 10 years old. I had a very unstable family life that included alcoholic parents and mental, emotional, and physical abuse- mostly from my mother. To make this story VERY short, after 3 years of things spiraling out of control my mother shot and killed my father.  My younger sister and I were taken to my Grandmothers house where I lived for the next 3 years. I was very traumatized and... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/634528/70008/frustrating