Absolutely; my early childhood was amazing, during my teenage years my life fell apart. More on that some other day.
I definitely agree with you that, to get through it, you need to reframe your outlook and mindset - that's what I did, and had to keep doing for years to keep myself going. However, it's a double-edged sword: sometimes we get so caught up in the new mindset, so determined, that we end up "dislodging" ourselves from the real world and people, and getting back to it/them years later is near-impossible. What is needed then is a type of unschooling and re-wiring of the brain, but not all people get the opportunity and support to do it successfully, and they end up living out their lives as ghosts stuck in limbo, no real connections, no real direction.
I hope that through sharing on platforms such as this we can help with others' journeys back to connection and healing xxx