“Mom still checks the doors every night. Says she hears something — but I don’t. She asked me not to worry. I think she’s hiding something.”
Liam broke down.
He revealed the truth: decades ago, Margaret’s husband had been killed during a home break-in in upstate New York. Since then, she had suffered severe insomnia and anxiety, becoming obsessed with locking doors and protecting her family. When I entered Liam’s life, her trauma misread me as a potential threat — someone who might “take her son away.”
Healing and Understanding
We sought help. A psychiatrist in Cambridge explained:
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