Since everything was unpredictable when I was growing up, I had poor benchmarks for knowing what normal households looked like.

Today let’s talk about finishing things. Has it ever felt like you struggled to finish things – an assignment at work, a fixit project at home?

I learned as a child not to talk about what happened inside my household, and had to learn to break that cycle as an adult.

At times I would let people get close, then push them away when I would get scared – triggered by the chaotic events of my childhood.

Have you ever felt like you’re out of step with the world around you?

I was trying to control my world like I couldn’t control the alcoholic family of my teenage years.