This chapter analyzes the various substrates of Larry Miller's 1973 video installation and performance called Mom-Me. Miller's dysfunctional family and the events of his childhood influenced his work; he lived in a violent environment in which the violence itself often took place in a sexualized context. Miller became hypervigilant in order to ward of and avoid his stepfather's violence, and he dissociated himself psychologically from the memories of his past; both behaviors are similar to the patterns of individuals who have experienced actual sexual abuse. Mom-Me consists of photographs, texts, and a ninety-minute video documenting Miller's attempt to inhabit his mother's psyche while under hypnosis. Yet Mom-Me is devoid of references to Miller's traumatic childhood. The chapter emphasizes Miller's attention to anomaly, suggesting that it represents not only an extraordinary attention to life, but also a will to live in and through art.