Hello there I’m a 14 yr girl with severe depression and possibly some other undiagnosed but suspected mental illnesses. I was just curious about how important a same sex parent is to a child because when I was like 9 or 10 my mom left me and my dad and brother, and now only see her a few times in a year. I’m not sure how I feel about the situation and I don’t remember how I felt about her leaving at the time. I mostly just feel numb about it. But I’ve noticed also that after any older woman gives me attention or is nice to me it feels like a gap being filled or makes me feel happy. Idk if there’s anything else to this or any other effect but I’m asking just cause I’m curious. Sorry for the hard read,  I’m not a good writer.

TLDR: mom left at a young age and I’m curious if there’s any mental damage or effects that an absent parent causes.