People who have had difficult parental relationships often expect to simply move on from the pain and hardship they endured in these relationships. Many compare their experience to that of others, concluding that, “it wasn’t as bad or traumatizing as it could have been so I should be able to just get over it. This idea of “I should just let it go”, ultimately increases suffering because it discounts how you were impacted by those relationships. I am not saying letting g