Dear gj”

You wrote in your recent post: “The emptiness becomes unbearable….I am afraid to leave my house”-

On the first page of your thread you wrote: “My mother was never open or vulnerable- she always had a stereotype of what a city girl should be- strong, fearless, social, etc. I have never felt comfortable in my own body. Always felt in any social situation like I should not be there. But I never heard any kind words from her”-

I would like to understand this paragraph: do you mean that your mother acted strong, fearless and social, or did she try to act these ways but failed?

Did she expect you to act these ways by copying her behavior, and if not, who was supposed to show you how to be a city girl?

Also, what do you mean by never feeling comfortable in your own body and what do you mean by “I never heard any kind words from her” in the context above?

anita