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Old 01-10-2020, 09:47 AM
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SparkleKitty
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Oh yes. You are describing my entire life prior to getting into recovery from codependency. I can happily report that life on the other side is much more peaceful.

This was not a short or easy process. I worked with a therapist and over a three-year period I gradually built a sense of self-worth and self-esteem that I failed to learn growing up in a home dominated by my mother's addiction. The only way I could stop worrying about being "good enough" for everyone else was to concentrate on being good enough for ME.
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