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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in a family with some dysfunction-- my mom was mentally ill and used alcohol to cope.  She suffered (still does) from an anxiety and OCD disorder, and also had a pretty awful childhood in a lot of ways.  She was continually stressed and angry, could not set aside her own feeling and emotions for the good of the family.

By the time dinner rolled around she was angry, inebriated, bitter and vocal about it.  Dinner was at 6 pm on the dot every night.  It was so stressful.  She'd be muttering and cleaning the table with her napkin, pissed at her life and us and my dad.  My dad would not intervene except once in a while to become enraged and scream and shout (maybe at us, maybe at her).  So sitting down to dinner became one of the unhappiest memories for me.

Unless we had company or were at somebody else's house!  Then it was what it should have been-- laughing, calm, happy, normal.  I have great memories of being at other people's homes for dinners or holidays and really enjoying it.

Fast forward-- we do not have many sit-down dinners.  I just cannot stand it.  It's like PTSD for me to sit at a dinner table.  I've talked to my own family about it many times so they know the reason why.  Sometimes I do it anyway, but a lot of times we eat together but just not at the table.  We also eat a lot of meals with other people, at the table, and I'm fine in those situations.  [/quote]

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