Dear Gaia:

Thank you for expressing empathy for me, having been so alone. I appreciate it!

“They try so hard to define themselves n certain terms, certain boxes, and they act so defensive when they feel threatened” because they are anxious, fearful on an ongoing basis (with breaks, remember my point, the brain takes its breaks).

It is understandable that you feel “unable to connect” with those who insist on fitting into this or that box. I suppose you will be able to connect with someone like you, who doesn’t want to fit a box. In the context of your thread, that someone can be/ is.. me.

anita