I hate this about myself - hate it: When someone judges me (negatively), or has a less than positive opinion on how I've acted or behaved, my gut says they're right. My ingrained default is to agree with anyone and everyone's negative assessment of myself. I hate this. And I hate that I feel like this is so deeply ingrained that I can't root it out of me. I am hostage to this. And I'm exhausted from trying to fight it. I've been trying to fight it for fifteen years, trying to find a sense of se...
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