I'm getting better at recognizing the voices before they tie me into knots, but as my co-worker Gail told me a long time ago, "Your parents know which buttons to push -- after all, they installed them," and rewiring those circuits takes time.

Boy howdy, can I relate to this. Especially being even this moment in my parents' house, dealing not only with the versions of these voices in my head but also with their literal voices right here.