This will not be all about you by your telling what happened a few years ago that triggered the original events in your mind (or did I misunderstand?). It is about everyone who has had to deal with trauma and for many, didn't even know they were dealing with trauma until something happened that triggered a response! You don't have to share if you aren't up to it but I'll bet anything that a bunch of pters went through same or similar traumas- remember, the laws were not in the 50's and 60's as they are today- by any means. And in fact- the first case of child abuse (I'm not saying this is your trauma) that put it in the books as a real illegal thing to do- did not happen till 65- and even then the family was considered to be in the right so to speak.. I believe the book is called "On Bear Mountain" (or Lake- I used to own it- it boggled my mind!