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20. Good. I'm glad you had a stabilizing force.

Mon Mar 8, 2021, 11:09 AM

Mar 2021

Thank you for sharing those details.

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Are there any other DU'ers here who lost a parent (death) in childhood? [View all] hamsterjill Mar 2021 OP

Lost my mother at age 2. Laelth Mar 2021 #1

This is the first time I've talked about it here, too. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #3

It is what it is. I know nothing different. Laelth Mar 2021 #6

Thank you. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #8

Kind of you to offer. Laelth Mar 2021 #10

I went the other direction. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #15

Did the psychologist say why specifically math hamsterjill Mar 2021 #5

Math requires abstract thinking. Karadeniz Mar 2021 #28

Yes. It was the single most impactful event in my life Sanity Claws Mar 2021 #4

Yes. This. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #7

Children lack rational filters SheltieLover Mar 2021 #29

I don't think it's laying blame. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #16

Understood. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #27

Both parents by age 12. Historic NY Mar 2021 #11

That sounds awful. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #17

What was lost, or what could have been... Historic NY Mar 2021 #22

My mother died of cancer when I was 7. elleng Mar 2021 #12

My father lived to be 95 and remarried 5 years after my mother's death hamsterjill Mar 2021 #13

Sorry to hear that, my adopted-mother was terrific, elleng Mar 2021 #18

Good. I'm glad you had a stabilizing force. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #20

If we don't count teens Laurelin Mar 2021 #14

You're not a wimp! hamsterjill Mar 2021 #19

It pops up more for me during stressful times. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #23

My Dad died suddenly when I was 11 IbogaProject Mar 2021 #24

Sounds like your mom was great. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #25

"The Inner World of Trauma" is an exceptiomal book SheltieLover Mar 2021 #31

Thanks. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #32