I was so surprised to hear your story too, I've known you here for what feels like years. So, I feel like I know you and that soft cute voice. So, yeah, there is so much we can learn from our own childhood both good and bad.
I like what you are saying. It reminds me that people not only have IQ or intelligence quota but also EQ relating to the mastery over emotions, feelings, moods, communication, relationships, dialog, interpersonal conflict resolution skills, things crossing between emotional and spiritual matters. Oh, that reminds me, Yoda mentioned attachment in Star Wars.
So, some of the elements from our childhood can be left subconscious, subliminal, unaware, and especially unresolved. So, I do put some effort in analyzing my life and especially my childhood in order to analyze and break down the story but this time from an outside perspective.
The hard part can be in looking at things from an external paradigm or point of view while minimizing excessive bias governed by subjectivity within the realm and path towards insanity.
RE: My real life story about homelessness and how I coped with adversity in my life