Hello Sarah. I wonder if I can share my story with regards to the point you replied to Linarra (Note: This is just my story and I am NOT providing advice here but I would love to elaborate on your reply). First of all I must say read the entire post from Linarra and that’s because I care and because I was in the same shoe as Linarra is. But with regards the following:

• “How can you positively reframe your negative thoughts? I.E “I’m not enough” versus “I’ve always been enough.”

with regards to how I reframed myself and my put away my negative thoughts, I must say, I leveraged my career as YouTuber, and computer coder.

I tried to be a professional in something or anything that people can appreciate. For example, I code for computers, make Meditation Music Videos for YouTube (https://bit.ly/3gCkJrX) and write poems. Please note that I don’t mean people like Linarra need to find a way to prove themselves to others. But what has worked for me was that I proved to myself. I proved myself wrong when I thought I am NOT good enough. The world is better than I am. Then once I figured out that I too can be successful in something I enjoy doing, I leveraged it to open this pathway mentally which leads me out of loneliness. I gained confidence, was able to trust myself more.

Then I started finding people in the same topic to communicate with. For example, I begin to talk with computer engineers, YouTube creators and this is what worked for me and now, after several months of communicating professionally with others, I have made friends at personal levels. Because its easier to make friends with people when you have something in common with them.