Dear tricky11:
I read much of our correspondence again this Wednesday morning. Would you like more of my thoughts, analysis, correct or incorrect (you decide)? Well, I can’t hear your answer but I will imagine it is a yes…

You were shy as a kid, afraid you are not good enough, afraid of asserting yourself perhaps, afraid of being vulnerable. As a teenager you found a better way to live, be helpful, be the one others can depend on, be the one making others laugh, feel better. You still kept yourself from being vulnerable but not by withdrawing; instead you protected yourself from vulnerability by being too helpful, to dependable, too strong. So you only show your strong self to others yet your weak self is still afraid…

What do you think???
Take Care:
anita