Another concept: How come other people are allowed to be weak and not coping but we aren’t? How come others get all the support in the world? Why is one person’s hang nail a big deal and we’re bleeding out over here??

I’m dealing with this too as I have yet to go to therapy. As if that proves I’m a mess or the weak zebra on the Serengeti.

Read Bene Browne’s books on shame and vulnerability. Any one of them. They are awesome. She is also on Ted Talks.