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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The thing is, no one knows this part of my past except my sibling, and our spouses. If you met me, you'd never know. On the surface, I seem pretty well put together, have a decent marriage, happy, well-adjusted kids. I've hinted to my friends about strict parents, but never told the whole story. And so I always feel like there is sort of a wall between me and everyone else, a part of myself that I hide. I feel like there is this well of sadness in my soul. And I feel like I need to be able to just package it somehow so that it is more palatable, less awkward and awful, and better yet, FUNNY. But how??? [/quote]

I don't have any suggestions, because for me joking about it doesn't sit well, but I wanted to let you know that I understand about feeling like there is a hidden part of yourself. Whenever I've let slip small bits of my history, friends completely didn't get it and I felt more alone. For me, telling the whole story in therapy made the biggest difference, and I have a best friend who knows pieces of it and while she doesn't really understand, she's compassionate and that helps.

For the purposes of socializing, I have sort of differentiated my home (abused) self from my school (seemingly normal) self. So when childhood stuff comes up in conversations, I tell school stories.[/quote]

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