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As a child, John Lennon’s mind was a fog of confusion, ‘rejected’ by both parents and forced to accept life under an Aunt who was, by all accounts, a dictatorial head of household. This left him isolated and constrained. For the young John, the restrictive and critical atmosphere during his time being brought up at his Aunt’s Mendips home fashioned emotional scars that never fully healed. 

From almost the time of his separation from his mother, Julia, John began to develop defensive, hostile and aggressive behaviours. Even with the long-awaited success of The Beatles, he still couldn’t shake off the dread of being unloved that he carried with him in his early years. 

Although he was known to wear his emotions on his sleeve, shown with brutal transparency in songs such as Help and Nowhere Man, to a large extent his childhood memories were so painful that most of the bruises remained on the inside. He may have remained forever hostage to his childhood, but it was during this time that the young John learned to use his talent as a barrier against the intermittent periods of despondency.