Dear Gaia:

You listed in your answer trauma (injury) and your reactions to the trauma, not differentiating between the two.

Here are the traumas:

1. “burdened at very young age by my mother emotions”.

2. “being outcasted/ made fun of/ bullied by school and peers since a very young age”.

Here are the results of having suffered trauma: “frequent episodes of humiliation and shame due to me feeling lost and disoriented in real life environments and interactions”, “chronically unaccomplished and ‘less than'”, “spending my whole teen years trying to be someone else instead of just enjoying my years”, OCD and other very burdening mental and existential issues” “self loathing and extreme mood swings”.. “never managed to make close bonds/ friendships”.

You have to separate the two: trauma and results of trauma. Do you agree or disagree?

You wrote to me: “I can almost feel like you’re perplexed or clueless when you read what I write or how I feel about things”- can you explain this further?

anita