Hi Anonymous

Thank you for your kind words! I’m glad that you found sharing my experience helpful. It is good to hear that you are willing to try therapy once you return from your sister’s house.

You are right, the world is a challenging place. One thing that I really learned from therapy that you might find helpful is learning to identify unhealthy behaviours and manage boundaries. The way I think about it there are bad people in the world, neutral people in the world and good people in the world. There are good people I swear! The challenge is in telling the difference. Learning how to protect yourself is helpful. A difficulty is that even good people make mistakes. We are all human and make mistakes. But if someone cares apologises and genuinely tries to do better. That is worth it’s weight in gold.

I’m sorry to hear that you had a bad day, family emergencies, your friends haven’t been supportive and that you have night terrors.

It is good to hear that you find journaling and talking to your brother helpful. I would encourage you to talk to your sister too. She is asking. It is very different listening to other people’s problems than dealing with your own. You are either the kind of person who listens to others difficulties or you are not. If she has listened in the past, I’m sure that she would be happy to again. It is really nice to be able to be supportive and do that for someone.

I think that you have been brave in replying when you are shy and these things are sensitive and not the easiest to talk about. 😊 Please feel free to share whatever you wish!

Love and best wishes! ❤️🙏