Dear Noah Kreiss:

I think that it is your Emotions that make you unique. This person you mentioned who achieved your goal which you are still struggling with, there are probably many others (whom you never met) who also achieved your goal. Are they all identical?

Are all medical doctors specializing in one particular area- are they all identical, having the same certificate, even from the same university?

You wrote before that you’ve been living in your head for a long time, feeling disconnected from others. If you had a good childhood, you would have emerged into adulthood connected. In absence of that, psychotherapy with a competent, empathetic therapist can help connecting your head to your heart, your thinking to your emotions. And when that happens, you will connect better to others as well.

Hope you post again-

anita