Until the mind is open, the heart stays closed. The open mind is the key to the open heart.
I have discovered that in every language and every country I have visited, there are no new stories. They're all recycled. The same stressful thoughts arise in each mind one way or another, sooner or later.
So what is it with your mother that you haven't worked out yet?
I am the perpetrator of my suffering - but only all of it.
Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life.
Trauma is nothing more than being stuck in what you believe.