Dear Lucas:

Following my post to you, you wrote yesterday: “I guess my problem is that I don’t necessarily feel worthless- I know deep down that I am, that deep down I will amount to nothing”-

this deep down knowing is believing. What we believe is something we feel is true. A belief is a combination of a thought (ex: I am worthless), and a feeling/emotion that glues the thought into a neuropathway in our brain, a web of pathways.

As you know, there are people who believe to be true what you… believe is not, religious beliefs, for one, that you find.. unbelievable. Same with your belief that you are worthless- it is a belief, not necessarily true.

You mentioned earlier that you grew up with cerebral palsy. How has that affected you and how does it still affect you, in the context of employment, relationships (that fear of intimacy you mentioned), and otherwise?

anita