Hi Anita, I am really sorry to hear this happened to you. It is such an awful, consuming way to feel all the time. I am 28 and I feel that I am yet to be in a period of life where I feel content or happy.

Have you been able to overcome these feelings now? If so how have you been able to do this?

I was raised in a strict religion (perhaps some would say a cult) that placed value on abiding by the rules of the religion. Anyone that messed up or left was seen as stupid or a bad person. My parents put the religion first, above everything else. As I got older I realised I didn’t believe in the religion and I left. This caused a lot of rejection from friends and family so perhaps this is why. In particular my father made me feel as if I was disgusting and I no longer have a relationship with him.