"I grew up in a house, better yet an environment, a neighborhood where it was volatile. There was domestic violence. My mother was not only physically abused and mentally abused, she was sexually assaulted. And I didn't understand it at the time when I was a child. I didn't understand it until I was at McLean Hospital and I was dealing with my own issues that my mom was depressed. My mom was isolated. My mom was an alcoholic. I grew up and I saw a lot of pain in my mom's eyes. I saw a lot of suffering. And the scariest thing was how my mom was isolated for years. I didn't know what that was. I thought my mom was just a mean person at times."