Well done for having the conversation Katie, you're braver than me!*hugs*
I went through a bunch of hospitilisation and therapy in my teens and came out the other side without ever really touching on this,there were other traumas in my life at the time that the psychs etc focused on as the cause of my MH issues.
Now I'm your age and my old SI habits have made something of a comeback following the disintegration of a longterm relationship. Funnily enough most of the conversation with the latest therapist is around the "failings" of my alcoholic parents.
I've started reading "The Road Less Travelled" by Scott Peck, an oldie but a goodie - that goes into the lifelong struggle people have if they do not receive the love, caring and sense of self-worth as a child.
Anyway, I have a habit of being a little verbose (sorry), just really wanted to say that yes I relate to what you're saying, and yes I struggle with the same stuff from relatively inadequate parents
JK
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