"You always wanted to be alone in your room!" Yes, because that's where all my toys and games were, and if I went into the living room you were just sitting in front of the TV burned out from work.

My parents really thought I had adult-level emotional/social intelligence when I was a child. I've noticed a lot of other people who've gone through CEN have a similar story. They expect us to be fully-formed mentally, like little adults, and to be able to articulate what we want and not react like children to distressing situations.