What can I say about life with my grandparents? They’re a pretty normal couple and they’re really nice to me . . . The nicest thing is that they don’t expect too much of me so they can’t possibly be let down. (The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis)
MoL says define a) normal b) pretty normal c) abnormal.
MoL asks: what medications are you on?
MoL notes that extensive body of psychological research shows how trauma transmits down families through several generations. Fascinatingly, children will show symptoms of their parents’ and grandparents’ traumas even when they are ignorant of them.