Dear Jake:

“I’m off on my own”, you wrote. It is very difficult to start adult living without that affirmation so needed in childhood. A child needs to know he (or she) is okay, acceptable, a good person before living a good, functional life as an adult.

Too many of us face adult living without that affirmation, without that desperately needed approval. What now and where does one go from here?

Slowly, cautiously, open yourself to the idea that you are okay, acceptable and a good person, loving and lovable. Consider it. I had no idea I was okay, no idea until I considered it.

Feel free to post more, for as long as it may be helpful to you. Take good care of yourself.

* will be back to the computer in about sixteen hours.

anita