"You don't care about anyone but yourself." Said my mother to 9 year old me for spending a large amount of time in the bathtub. I was pretending to be a mermaid, swimming freely in the great ocean, away from all the troubles in the world. No one knew I needed help.

"You're going to go nowhere in life but end up dancing on a pole" Said my father to to 10 year old me who had...