Dear Rich:

You wrote: “I should probably abstain from relationships until I am fully healthy, out of fear of continuing to attract wounded people”-

I have two comments on this one sentence:

1) It is possible that all women, all people are wounded.

2) I believe that your quest to be “fully healthy” and love yourself is impossible without relationships. Wasn’t it a therapist that made a big difference in your life, leading to you being in a much better mental place now than you were a couple of years ago? It was the relationship with the therapist that made it possible.

It may very well be wise to not have a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship for a while, but relationships, those are needed to continue healing.

anita