Overcoming Childhood Trauma Gifts

'it wasn't my parents' divorce that traumatized me — it was when my dad had my mom beheaded.'

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Bike Rides

"It seems like only yesterday that Dad told me I'll be an adult before I know it."

"Mom said eat everything in moderation, so I renamed the cookie jar 'Moderation.'"

'Here comes the Papa-razzi again...'

'I almost get out the door and then my mom yells...'Don't you know it's February?!' And here I am again...looking like an eskimo.'

'No fair. Someone ate the popsicle off the stick.'

"Frankly, Jackie Paper, I’ve done all I can with strings and sealing wax."

"There's no need to be em'bear'rassed about what you like!"

"Trust me. This is going to make it easier to discuss your childhood."

"Next time make up your mind and just pick one!"

Jack in the Box

"Der, dad. . . it's wireless!"

'I thought you wanted him to have all the things you never had.'

Sliding Down the Banister

"I want to quit, spend more time with my family, finish grade 3....."

"I turned five. That's why I'm here. What are you in for?"

Psychiatrist to man dressed in baseball jersey: 'You've never gotten over the fact your father wouldn't play catch with you?'

"I didn't have a carrot so I used a fish stick for his nose."

'Oh, no! The monster under my bed is my brother!'

"You see? There are no vacuum cleaners under your bed."

"You want me to explain how there were two doughnuts in the larder and now there is only one? Easy, it was too dark in there to see the second one."

'Your imagination was so powerful he became real. It happens to me all the time.'

'Don't worry...you'll grow into them.'

Warning: Cathartic manifestations of childhood trauma next 5 miles

MD. Take this prescription to any grandma and get some milk and cookies.

"Lately, I've begun to understand - and forgive - my parents."

It's a shame, but I'm still deciding if it

'It was your imagination. There's no little kid under your bed!'

"This is where I come to unwind."

True Love: You let her have the last cherry popsicle in the box.

'Because I recently furthered my education...I can take you back to your childhood for real, Mrs. Dunlap.'

Retro Kid.

'You're too young...to have good 'ol days.'