Teenage drug use the hard stuff. The bad boy, daredevil you tell your daughter's to avoid. Hoarding.
None of that points to a happy childhood.
Three things off the top of my head: He doesn't consider his childhood any different than anyone elses. He is trying to forget his past. He truely can't remember the problem. Sometimes that does happen. Locked away in the brain, things like abuse, a death...
Happy? Normal?
Read up on hoarding disorders.
It's doubtful.
What you said to your daughter, was beautiful. I had a similar conversation with my oldest son, whom I adopted last Spring, and only with his permission. : )
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn. - C.S. Lewis
Life is usually all about how you handle Plan B. - Jack3Beans
Listen without defending; Speak without offending - FaithinAK
