Quote Originally Posted by birdgirl73
Children grow up to be adults, Breuk. That was my most basic point, and you let it whiz right by you.

I never said it was your family that caused you the abusive pain; you've said that was religiously connected, but that certainly still counts as pain. The out-of-balance was, as you've mentioned several times, in the way you were parented, especially the largely female influence. I'm not saying you've whined about this. You haven't. It's simply information you've volunteered, perhaps more than you realized. (Same reason I added celiac sprue there to the cures that the instant, never-children adults will cure.)
I was more angered than "pained" by religion. I kept a low-profile in the instituions I attended, but saw a lot of less-fortunate kids get abused.

As far as my upbringing, you have either misunderstood me, or have me confused with someone else. I had both parents, but my mother died at age 39, when I was in my early teens. Fortunately, my father was around until I moved out to live on my own.

I am already "cured" of Celiac, an autoimmune disease, because I stopped eating gluten. My recovery was great, and I only talk about it because the vast majority of doctors in the United States are ignorent of it, as many as three million people in the U.S. have this condition - and are being misdiagnosed and/or ignored. There will never be a "cure" for it, really - the best I hope for is a pill that will minimize effects from cross-contamination when eating out. For now, I only eat-out in restaurants that know how to prepare dedicated gluten-free items. It's great to be well - and getting better all the time. I hope that more of the millions of people with it are able to fix themselves, as I did.