All righty. Good morning, everybody. More questions from freedomain.locals.com.

And we got a theme, I guess, has been the case for a couple of months about the question of neglect,

parental neglect and its effects. So somebody writes, long-time subscriber here,

and just, of course, the inevitable and natural

pause to say, thank you, thank you, thank you, for all of your very kind support. I

massively appreciate it. I humbly accept it, and I hope, I hope always that I'm providing

the value that makes it worthwhile. So if there's anything I can do better, please let me know.

So he says, my parents were neglectful,

and I've expressed my frustration and anger at them.

I told them, I think, they suck as people and as parents.

I've gone through some significant therapy involving journaling and have no one in my life who is a pile of crap

just leaves my amazing wife at this point. I will take that as a win.

He says, I still feel a little, I think it's a he, I still feel a little down

sometimes with some minor thoughts of my crap childhood and the neglect I faced.

I think I may be missing something as to why I sometimes get down and would love your thoughts.

Thanks. All right. So, neglect, neglect, neglect. So, the basic equation of a dysfunctional childhood, and unfortunately as adults, this is kind of the

equation of society as a whole, less now in many ways than in the past, but this is the

equation of survival as a child in a dysfunctional family and in a dysfunctional society. The equation is this. To survive,

believe the lies. To survive, believe the lies. That believing the lies is the price of staying

alive. That's just the equation. And we are drawn to truth as conceptual beings, as beings with

universal minds, we are drawn to truth. That is the soul, the spirit, the essence of humanity.

But of course, as biological creatures, as mammals, we are also drawn to survival.

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