ACoA

1. We don’t know “normal”. Normal is a relative term, yes. But our normal is not on the relativity scale. Normal for us can include instability, fear, and abuse. Normal might be a parent passed out in their own vomit

This must be what happens when you don’t really want to talk about something, but you need to. You talk circles around and around it until you spiral right down to the center, and then there’s nothing left to say but the thing you need to say.