My mother has always had speech problems and mood disorders because she comes from an abusive household. It didn't effect my speech or my siblings. This could be because of her very large family with two sisters and a brother who regularly got together. Including my father's huge family where we'd all have Sunday diners together at my grandmothers house.

The abuse carried into our household in my childhood. Eventually I chose men who were abusive. Had post partem depression with both my children. Was alone on my own to take care of them both.

I was severely isolated. My first had language delays up until the age of two, until he went into speech therapy. He developed very well thereafter, attending his speech therapy even a few years into grade school until he subsequently graduated from that program. He also has developmental delays with possible autism. He would be higher on the spectrum.

My second cannot speak at all and is aged 6. She has ASD. My second was my worst abusive relationship but he was only emotionally and verbally abusive to me until a few years into our relationship when it became much more.

I've been happily single for 3 years now as I focus on myself and my beautiful children. Intergenerational trauma is rampant in our society now, coupled with post-partum depression and isolation with a lack of mental supports, I can see this becoming a massive social problem. I feel so deeply saddened by how all of us were taught growing up that there was no one there to help us, and to suck ot up and get on with life.