The name is absent

were, you know was sort of, pretty much, by environments they were raised in. Uh, I think
you know, my father's attitude specially as we were younger was that, he wanted to try
and, better improve himself, and didn’t realise perhaps quite the cost, that, it was around.
[2]_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Participant classified as dismissing____________________________________________________

Q6. Um [2] well I'd cry. [participant laughs]______________________________________________

Q11. Um, so, I mean part of the reason was that most of the time they tried to be like
normal parents and I think at times they thought, um they obviously realised I did have
some sort of problem, (mm) and so were sort of trying their best to look after me._________

Participant classified as dismissing____________________________________________________

Q6. [7] I don’t know, I can’t really remember. Cry maybe, I don’t know. Not quite sure.
Q11. [3] Because they thought that was the right way to bring somebody up. [4]__________

Participant classified as preoccupied__________________________________________________

Q6. Um [2] I tended to, when I was crying I usually went off in a huff, (right) like, like
kids do, but when, when we were all young and my parents were still together of course

um, we all, me [Brother 1] and [Brother 2] were all in one bedroom. (OK) Me and
[Brother 1] had a bunk bed, [Brother 2] had his own little bed. (right) Almost like a cot.
Um but, so it was quite hard for me to run up to my own room by myself, but um, one
thing I did always sort of try and do was just, um, not talk, which is what kids do really,
you know when a kid's bad he does, “I’m not talking to you, I’m not talking to you.” And I
still feel that way sometimes now, I mean, sure my, me and my parents do still sometimes
have silly arguments about things and when I do I tend to go off in a huff. (right) So, yeah,
has to be one of my patterns t-. Sort of with the thought process that um, I’ll go away
before I say something I really regret. (right) In a way. It might be “I hate you”, or, that
sort of thing. You know you don’t mean that about your parents.________________________

Q11. Um, well that thing I told you about, my mother's meeting with Miss, with Mrs
[Teacher] earlier, (mm) when she said she was concerned that might have been influential.
(mm) She might have, she kept it obviously very secret because, mind you it is quite easy
to keep a secret from a six-year-old, um, she probably thought to herself, what if [Own

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