Grizmom, As you develop self esteem and reclaim the autonomy that is yours to claim;

You will feel ---actually, all these others you compare yourself to--you will be stronger than they are. "Normal" is relative term. You will be you, and capable of relating to everyone--the stigma of being "less Than" will leave; you will be by far the stronger person in most situations because of what you have gone through.

I know i feel this way-now--and I don't give a rip what others think of me either!!!

I'll do what feels good for me, and that is usually being present in the moment with
my dog, a book, a new knitting pattern, and i can be around anyone now, without that awful feeling of "less than"--you will see-we are all unique--(((grizmom)))