TRAPPED.... Self-fulfilling Prophecy Is a true account of a fifty-year struggle to overcome the harsh rejection of an alcoholic mother. Which precipitated a tedious journey of damaged emotions, low self-esteem, low self-worth, and a distrust of the entire human race. The Author takes us through each stage of her distorted and chaotic life as she struggles to ascertain some sort of normalcy. While on her journey she discovers that she has become every thing that her mother spoke repeatedly to her as a child. Which lets us know that the spoken word is very powerful. It can either make us or break us. Truly we are a product of our environment. By the time the Author discovers her predicament, she works diligently to reverse the process of destruction. Is it possible for a person to be raised in such an abusive and neglectful environment and yet overcome?