You described me in a nutshell. It took YEARS to find and come into my own. I don't know what happened to me in the 70s and 80s. I was definitely self-medicating from betrayal and loss of a dream in the making.
When I finally did seek conventional therapy it didn't work for me. But that wasn't until I hit my late 40s.
Finally in my late 50s somehow I came out of my life-long self-loathing funk. It was through deep introspection and having the courage to leave a 19-year dysfunctional toxic relationship.
Today I live my life in appreciating moments and they not to live or think about the past and all the time lost to what I describe as mental illness. I'm proof there is healing from it. And from your article you are too. Great piece.
You described me in a nutshell. It took YEARS to find and come into my own. I don't know what happened to me in the 70s and 80s. I was definitely self-medicating from betrayal and loss of a dream in the making.
When I finally did seek conventional therapy it didn't work for me. But that wasn't until I hit my late 40s.
Finally in my late 50s somehow I came out of my life-long self-loathing funk. It was through deep introspection and having the courage to leave a 19-year dysfunctional toxic relationship.
Today I live my life in appreciating moments and they not to live or think about the past and all the time lost to what I describe as mental illness. I'm proof there is healing from it. And from your article you are too. Great piece.