Am I a child of pain?

When confronting the harshness of life, analyzing our past and comparing it to the experiences of another human being, we can ask ourselves this question.

Many times, our mind hides in its deepest regions situations that marked us and cause us pain, sometimes it even disguises them to make them feel positive, as a defensive mechanism. I remember an ocassion, when, conversing with a lady of age, she commented on how joyful her childhood had been and how much she (emphasized) loved her childhood bedroom. I decided to enquire deeper onto this subject, which had caught my attention and after a few minutes, this joyful lady was crying her heart out remembering how horrible it was for her to be imprisoned for hours in that room.

She told me that she would come out of her room and tell her mother that she wanted to help her cook; what she'd get as a response was: "you're too young to be in the kitchen, GO TO YOUR ROOM!!" She would then turn around and leave, sadened, because her dream of being helpful to her mother was constantly locked up, cut short.

In the end, this woman finally acknowledged the pain that remembering this caused her. Posibbly you are reliving at this very moment a mixture of rage, frustration and a desire for vengeance. This novel "The Children of Pain" will help you identify the roots of you bitterness, the moments of frustration before an actual or future child you might have. Remember, that child came to you like a blank book, and you and the experiences he is exposed to, are filling it up.

If anything in this book disturbs you or makes you tremble, you should search professional help, this way we can prevent repeating a story like John Henry "El Chino" Millán's in our own life.