@brightwings- Good for you. I did almost the same thing. My mom was an artist and after she died I had a ton of her sculptures and paintings around in the house. This was during the time when my PTSD was the worst and I was having such a difficult time getting past her abuse. I guess I was still looking for her approval. I boxed up most of her things and stored them away. I sent all of her "paper" art- watercolors and sketches to my son. I have to tell you something. I'm a better painter than she was! lol!
My PTSD started to calm down a lot.
Sometimes we all have to get rid of the old before we can replace them with the good!