Dear Carrie:

You are welcome. The situation in the new city was overwhelming to you and you did what people (and other animals) do when afraid- withdraw, shrink. In your case you withdraw your thinking faculties and relied on others.

You wrote that as a child you were “given complete freedom” and you “could do whatever (you) wanted”- can you give a few examples of that?

You wrote that the only boundaries you had, as a child, were the ones you imposed on yourself. Can you give a couple of examples of boundaries you imposed on yourself?

anita