Dear DeepSoul:

You wrote (not in this order): “I have always kept people at a distance…My mum has often told me even as a child I wouldn’t tell anyone there was a problem until I literally couldn’t take it anymore”

“I fear (people) disliking me once they know what goes through my mind. I also fear judgment and not being taken seriously“.

You were a very open young child. You were born that way, crying, letting the world know you were distressed, letting your mother know when you were hungry and uncomfortable. As a young girl you automatically and naturally shared what you felt. Children are like this, naturally.

Then what happened at one point on, was that after you expressed yourself you were disliked, judged, and not taken seriously, repeatedly. The very things you fear now (the italicized, in my quote of you) already happened to you as a child.

You are welcome to share here anything you’d like. It will not burden me. I will not dislike you as a result of you sharing, will not judge you and I will take you seriously.

anita