Wow. Thanks for sharing. I totally understand this. My wife had major issues in her childhood as well. She functions somewhat normally if everything is calm and peaceful.My wife had a rough childhood. She turned into a well adjusted adult...just some highlights from my wife's childhood:
1. Drug addicted biological mother who would leave her and her brother for days at a time. My brother-in-law would make them ketchup and mustard sandwiches
2. Mom sends her to live with her biological dad....dad has a girlfriend who hates kids...dad buys my wife Sega Genesis, they lock her in room for hours on end
3. State steps in and sends wife and her brother to live with her mom's sister and her husband. Wife is forced to sleep in cupboards for years.
4. At the age of 12 she spray painted a state troopers car hot pink and got him fired (not gonna lie, this is bleeping awesome.)
5. The uncle she lived with developed a drinking problem and would randomly pick a kid to beat at night, this went on for five years...finally one night she had enough of it and threw him through two walls...got charged with attempted murder. Judge remanded to family court and ordered her emancipation.
Jen's childhood can't have been THAT traumatic, and if it wasn't she has zero excuse to not being a well adjusted adult.
As for Jen...I feel she was molested in her past. I really picked up on it when she freaked out about the florescent lights in Target that time. I think something happened in her past at a school where those lights are prevalent. Just my opinion.