Dear Anita, it certainly did. I felt powerless and hopeless. Felt like my life was bleak and over with even though I was very little. I felt like I was hopelessly in despair and had nothing to look forward to during these times of what felt like exile. While I had myself, my mind, my toys, space to play and let my mind wander, I essentially had an infinite amount of possibilities to explore and to discover on my own. However, it felt so narrow and suffocating, like none of this stuff mattered. It was all just that.. toys and inanimate objects. The one thing that wasn’t was always my mind. That’s the one thing I wish I could have utilized in more positive ways (and still do want this for myself) to leverage my mindset out of such a bleak outlook, to shift it to a golden, abundant world of excitement and possibilities, and to find the humor in the situation somehow. Maybe knowing this now, as life wisdom & experience has presented some of itself to me over the years, I can apply this to my life now going forward. The issue is shifting the mindset to positive thinking, and keeping it there. To not complain. It is easier said than done, even if we make the intention not to do so. It is easier said than done to find humor in situations when we can easily shift it to feeling sorry for ourselves and whining about it. It takes strength yet surrender to let go and laugh and feel free.