Oh boy do I see my story in these posts and that helps me some because my story isn't over and I am giving my story over to my HP power now and leaving the past behind me.
Just to relate to many of you, yeah I was once a confident, self-assured woman and girl even and yeah a lot of folks can't deal with that, including my own mom and my sister.
And in the field I started out in being 1 of only of a few women in college and then on the job, well that did a number on me, good and bad and may be partly how I ended up with my AH - who was "different" toward me. Yeah, he saw me coming.
I am rambling here but just wanted to send some hugs to everyone, you all deserve them. Take some breaths, breath in/breath out and give your thoughts a break because good things are around the corner.