Alice Kenny

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When Mommies Berate and Belittle

(The article below is an excerpt from my new book, Crazy Was All I Ever Knew: The Impact of Maternal Mental Illness on Kids. I have used a pseudonym to protect the privacy of family members.)

As a child, I lived in dread that something would set my mother off and she’d fly into a violent rage, unleashing a torrent of abuse. I was physically abused by my mother, but I considered the beatings tolera

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Published on April 08, 2020 10:33 Tags: children-of-mentally-ill-mothers
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