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I will agree with everything said here. As well, I agree with another commenter because you are one of the more forward thinking people I know.

I think it has to do less with the time period or the event and more with what makes them (the person criticizing you) uncomfortable, whether it's the past, the present situation, worries about the future, or a state of being such as money or disability.. If it makes the other party feel uncomfortable, they will claim you talk too much about it.

That's not to say that some people don't need to move on and live for the present rather than further victimizing themselves by rehashing that particular trauma over and over again, but you are not one of those people, Donna.

There is definite value in remembering your past and honoring that, good or bad, though, and you are one of those rare people who does that. I see so many people who, once they are living the good life, forget what it's like to be struggling even if they were once there themselves. Not that their memory faded, but they have lost the feeling for what it was like to be that way, and as such much of their compassion and understanding.

I hope this makes sense.

Thank you, Donna, for being the person you are.