Dear Dean:

“everything seems louder” when we are anxious. I can relate to this.

You wrote that you are “always kind-hearted with others, even those who despise & deceive me, and never do expect kindness in return”-

what I have learned in my healing process from severe anxiety is that it is not a good thing for me to be kind hearted with the people who did or do despise and deceive me. It is only when I ended all contact with the major person in my life who has despised and deceived me, that I started, over time, to see that not all people despise and deceive me and that I was not worthy of such treatment.

What do you think about what I typed here for you?

anita