Dear cali sister:

Quickly because I know you are on your way out- try to not judge your feelings as appropriate or inappropriate, just let them be. Whatever you feel- if you don’t criticize yourself for feeling what you’re feeling- you … will feel better. Don’t add judgment and secondary feelings (shame, guilt, feeling weird) on top of your primary feelings and you will be okay.

I figure you feel jealous, that you were put down by your mother, even your sister and you  learned that you are less than, so you get jealous when you see someone talking highly of themselves. I wonder what will happen if you talk a bit highly of yourself. I think it is a good idea. But if you don’t feel comfortable, you can talk highly about yourself here,  on your thread, as an exercise.

anita