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Sometimes, madness is just a failure to cope with our lives. Sometimes, someone is truly broken on the inside. Tom was such a person. He broke a long time ago, the world just doesn't know it because his parents either ignored it or caused it.

I'm both sad by tom and amazed he didn't go totally insane with such a family...

He definitely went off the deep end. I wish I knew more about the family to know for sure.