Scar Fade

Someone once said that we could sweep away all the self help groups: Adult children of alcoholics; adult children of drug abusers; adult children of mentally ill parents, etc, and replace them with a single term “Adult children.”

He was wrong.  Growing up (or living) in an abusive environment does many things, but none of them is make you an adult.  At least not a “fully functional/operational adult.”

It can give you the marks of adulthood.  Most children who grew up in abusive situations, ra...