I can relate

I agree generally, but you need the right tools to actually practicing a thing. Hitting your head against a tree every day for 10 years will never make you a good carpenter, and sometimes "that which doesn't kill you" just leaves you horribly crippled. In the interest of growth, I highly recommend the book "Never Split The Difference" by Chris Voss, and "Non-Violent Communication" by Marshall Rosenberg.

I say, this is just how it is, to myself. I recently wrote, except what it. This helped me a lot just today, when I would have let me ego and past messaging rule my reaction, I said this is how things are now. I felt better and not on edge and I even shared laughs with the company I was with. It is like the true me can come through when not in survival/fear/ego mode.

Please ask again!!

Meditate

PuppetMaster i noticed that too

Research does tell us that a lot of important social development takes place in early childhood - but learning can also be a life-long process. Don't give up!

don't give up. as a child I was abused, mentally, and physically by my alcoholic father. whenever things got real bad, rather then kick my father out, my mother always sent me to my grandmother's house. my father also used to always yell at the kids in the neighborhood for playing in the streets. these were the popular kids in school, so I was also bullied in school. I eventually got jumped by about twenty kids in high school. a few of them were supposed friends. I developed anxiety which led to panic disorder. I had depression, ptsd, and add. I also developed an addiction for opiate pain killers which I used to self medicate. I've been on medicines and have gone to therapy. I spent 2 years in jail as a result of my addiction. to cut this short all those years of therapy and medication didn't work. around a year after I got out of jail I decided to forgive all those that did me wrong within myself. I wrote it down. my father i actually sent the letter to. he didn't acknowledge it but I did my part which is what I needed to do. that was the start of my road to recovery. over the next few months I started educating myself about the brain and how the concious and sub concious mind works together and started changing how I looked and fealt about things in the past, as well as the things going on in my daily life. if I said it was easy I'd be lying to you. it's kind of like exercising. if you look in the mirror every day, you won't see much change. if you take a picture and then another a year down the road there's a noticeable difference. well with your mind you cant take pictures, but what you can do is keep a journal, and every so many months look back to see the progress you've made. never stop educating yourself and apply whatever you find that you vibe with and makes sense. good luck. again, never give up. I'm now 33 and have been symptom free from all my mental problems except add for 2 years. the add I just learned to work to my advantage.

+craig daub Wow. Very inspiring, sir! I admire the changes you've made in your life, and I wish you luck for the future. (P.S. Write a book about it)

Honey Bunny those are the plans. A year of blogging, and a book. Thank you!