Hi, this is my first post, I'm from the UK. I guess I've joined because I'm at the point in my life where I've finally gone no contact with most of my family (still have contact with eldest sister who has formally been diagnosed with CPTSD) and I need to start a therapy that is more trauma focused. I've had more general counselling to help cope with anxiety and that helped me to address a lot from my upbringing as not being ok. I recently got married (my husband is amazingly supportive ) and I've realised I need to tell my mother in law all about what my parents were really like. MIL is the absolute opposite of what my mother was and I have always resisted telling her too much as I know it will hurt her to know and she will struggle to understand, but in order to allow her to get closer to me, my husband really wants me to tell her. Sorry for the long post, it's a lot to say.