My Daughter’s Bullies Visited Her Hospital Room Every Day—Then One of Them Asked, “Do You Really Have No Idea What She Did?”

“Want to talk?”

If she said no, I stopped.

This was harder than it sounds.

PART 28 — I START THERAPY TOO

Madeline’s illness scared me enough that I finally admitted my anxiety had become a family problem.

I found a therapist.

Dr.

Miriam Hale.

In the first session she asked:

“What happens inside you when Madeline says, ‘I don’t want to talk’?”