[mburbank]

I think your site is wonderful.

I know you intended your piece on ODD to be humorous, but I'm curious about what's autobiographical in it.

Here's my guess.

You may have actually been diagnosed with ODD as a child, but I think it's more likely someone described you as having ODD more recently. You certainly have all the symptoms, and you heard of it somewhere. If I'm completely off base, I suggest you research this condition more deeply. It could explain a lot.

Your father hit you when he was mad, which was often. Your mother didn't stop him.