I suppose that is just life, this seemingly constant stream of contradictory rules and advice we're getting... most of it far more reflective others' desires and needs to control than any sincere wish for the people they advise to have actual better lives.

Growing up in a stereotypical Scandinavian family — distant and emotionless — as a highly feeling little kid meant I often skated on the edges of what was considered hysteria or — at the very least — being "troubled."

It was not a comfortable world...