Dear Patty:

You are welcome. You wrote earlier: “… any words of wisdom I can use to figure out why I don’t want to be alone, how to release my attachment to being in a relationship, and fully embrace being with myself. Or any tips on living fully as a single woman who wants to only focus on her growth and development”-

Keep doing what you have been doing: expressing your emotions, no longer “hiding it, not showing or expressing my true emotions/thoughts, masking it with friends, activities, a smile”.

If you’d like to share, what was your fear about, in middle school through high school as your parents were struggling?

anita